Pitso Mosimane cries foul: ‘Mamelodi Sundowns played dirty’

Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane has accused his former team Mamelodi Sundowns of “playing dirty” after the Egyptian side lost their CAF Champions League match at the FNB Stadium on Saturday.

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Mamelodi Sundowns won 1-0 to complete a home-and-away double over 10-time winners Al Ahly.

Both matches finished with the same scoreline with Thapelo Morena scoring in Egypt and Peter Shalulile in the most recent clash.

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In an interview after the match, Mosimane accused Masandawana of using “dirty tactics” and begged them to get over him and let him get on with his career.

“It is quite sad, such a big team but they are playing dirty,” Pitso Mosimane said.

“I am strong in football, I have been alone. I have played for this team and you cannot break my system. In football, I am strong and I am powerful in my own capacity.”

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Pitso Mosimane added that in his upcoming ‘tell-all’ book he would allegedly reveal the truth about his time at Mamelodi Sundowns.

“There is always drama when I come here. I don’t want to open a lot about Sundowns. I will tell you about what happened when we played Sundowns last week (26 February),” he said.

“There are too many things that happened personally to me, but I don’t want to talk about [that]. I am over those things, but it is unbelievable. I will talk in my book and in my documentary and you will get the shock of your life about what is happening.

“Even now, before every match, they’re still after me, these people. They don’t want to leave me alone. I’ve moved on. You’ve got a good team, you’ve got three coaches. What do you want? Move on, leave me. I’m gone. I’ve done my best, I’ve given you a great team. Why are you after me? What do you want to achieve?”

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Al Ahly hit out at fans of Mamelodi Sundowns

In a statement released by the Egyptian giants, they slammed Mamelodi Sundowns’ fans for trying to stop the bus from getting access to the FNB Stadium.

“The lack of organisation and the shortage of SA police officers, who are responsible to secure our journey to the stadium, caused a disruption.

“The head of our delegation to SA, Mohamed Shawky, the club’s board members, Hossam Ghaly and Tarek Kandil, and Sayed Abdelhafiz, the team’s director of football, had to leave the bus to talk with the SA officials to open the barriers to avoid any delay.

“In the end, our team had to take another route to the stadium, which forced us to arrive late ahead of this important game,” said Al Ahly.

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