How Mamelodi Sudowns frustrate North African opponents - MosimaneThe Downs coach says he now knows how to overwhelm teams from up North whom his side is sure to face in the Champions League knockout roundcoach Pitso Mosimane has shared some of the tactics he uses to frustrate North African opponents, as the Brazilians will certainly meet a side from that part of the continent in the Caf quarter-finals. The Champions League draw will be conducted on Wednesday and seeded Sundowns will meet either , or in the last-eight. Since winning the 2016 Caf Champions League, the Brazilians have humbled some of the top sides including last season’s 5-0 hammering of Al Ahly in the quarter-finals. This season alone, Sundowns beat USM Alger away and drew with on the road, as well as beating both these North African sides at home. That’s why some of the teams that play long balls against the North Africans don’t get it right.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 04, 2020 21:11 UTC