Benni McCarthy

AmaZulu booked their spot in the CAF Champions League group stages for the first time in their history following a draw against TP Mazembe on Saturday. © Steve Haag/Sports Inc

McCarthy & Josephs blame De Sa & Tinkler for Orlando Pirates’ CAFCL failure!

Roger de Sa and Eric Tinkler are to blame for Orlando Pirates’ failure to win the 2013 CAF Champions League final against Al Ahly.

Benni McCarthy

AmaZulu booked their spot in the CAF Champions League group stages for the first time in their history following a draw against TP Mazembe on Saturday. © Steve Haag/Sports Inc

Roger de Sa and Eric Tinkler are to blame for Orlando Pirates‘ failure to win the 2013 CAF Champions League final against Al Ahly.

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This is according to former Bucs striker and current AmaZulu coach Benni McCarthy who said the duo arrived at Mayfair to ‘spoil the party’.

De Sa was appointed as Pirates head coach in 2012 and soon afterwards, he roped in Tinker as his assistant from Bidvest Wits.

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At the time, Pirates had just won a double treble, with McCarthy in the twilight of his career following his return from Europe.

In a tweet shared by another former Bucs star Daine Klate, McCarthy didn’t mince his words in his reply as he blamed De Sa and Tinkler for destroying what was a formidable Pirates side at the time.

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Klate shared a video of him scoring a bullet goal from a late free-kick that earned Pirates a draw against Free State Stars during Augusto Palacios’ tenure as interim coach.

One fan said that Pirates team which had the likes of McCarthy, Klate and Moeeneb Josephs should have won the CAF Champions League in 2013.

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And this was McCarthy’s response: “It was called Roger de Sa & Eric Tinkler that came and spoiled (sic) the party.”

Josephs, who is part of McCarthy’s technical team at AmaZulu as a goalkeeper coach, weighed in and said both De Sa and Tinkler were like sent to dismantle Pirates’ progress.

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He added that the pair did that with success while taking away the feeling of no fear and invincibility from the players.

Josephs further said he is still hurt to this days, even after years of leaving Pirates and retiring from playing.

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“It was like they were sent to dismantle the progress and with success may I add. Took away the feeling of no fear and invincibility that flowed throughout the team. Still hurts even to this day,” wrote Josephs.

McCarthy retired in June 2013 after seeing very little game time under both De Sa and Tinkler as coaches while Josephs left Pirates for Wits ahead of the 2013-14 season.

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