Pitso Mosimane is back in South Africa. Photo: Al Ahly
PICTURES: Mosimane, Al Ahly touch down in South Africa
Pitso Mosimane and Al Ahly have landed in South Africa ahead of this weekend’s all-important clash against his former team Sundowns.
Pitso Mosimane is back in South Africa. Photo: Al Ahly
Al Ahly, who have enjoyed incredible success under the guidance of Mosimane, are soon set to take on Sundowns once again in the group stages of the CAF Champions League. The first match up in Cairo was won by Sundowns on 25 February, and the Al Ahly team has now arrived for the return fixture in Pretoria this Saturday.
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The former Bafana Bafana caretaker coach was heckled, booed and sworn at when Al Ahly last clashed with his former team in South Africa. Part of the disgraceful scenes also saw despicable and insulting posters held aloft as Mosimane and his team arrived in their team bus at the Lucas Moripe Stadium last May.
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Mosimane insists he won’t be fazed by any off-field antics
Previously Mosimane become emotional when describing how hurtful it was to have insults hurled at him back in his home country, but he has insisted this will not faze him no matter what happens this time around.
“You can’t get worried about what you can’t control,” Mosimane told the South African Football Journalists Association (Safja) on Wednesday.
“I was at that team for eight years. I know the club in and out, and I know what happened and who organised it. I know everything.
“Maybe you guys look at the supporters and say it’s them, but they are being told what to do. Supporters don’t do that.
“There are no supporters who can rally around when there is no movement. There was a [directive].
“I was sworn at in the corridors when players were lining up to play. Even Sundowns players were disappointed at that particular person who was swearing.
“[A Sundowns official] was swearing at me in my language, and of course, Al Ahly players didn’t understand it. I was the only one who could.
“But at that time, I was in my zone and that’s to focus on the match. It’s not to be dealing with nobodies swearing at us.
“Whether the [unruliness] comes or doesn’t, it doesn’t matter. What matters is what’s on the pitch.”
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Here are some images below of Mosimane and Al Ahly arriving at the airport on Wednesday:
