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Sundowns coach warns players not to underestimate Zamalek in the Champions League final

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10:09

Monday ,26 September 2016

Sundowns coach warns players not to underestimate Zamalek in the Champions League final

 Sundowns boss Pitso Mosimane believes that has side must be careful and not underestimate Zamalek in next month's Champions League final.

The South African side reached the final after claiming a 3-2 win on aggregate over ZESCO of Zambia. while Zamalek secured their place in the final despite a heavy 2-5 loss to Moroccan side Wydad on Saturday, claiming a nervy 6-5 win on aggregate.
 
Mosimane asked his players to put their previous results against Zamalek and ZESCO behind them and look to the future, saying he believes that Zamalek is more dangerous than the Zambian side.
 
"It would be the biggest mistake we could ever do because Zamalek is more complex than Zesco," Mosimane told South African newspaper Soweten on Sunday.  
 
"Zesco played long balls, that’s all.
 
"If you deal with the long balls, then no problem"
 
Despite defeating Zamalek twice in the group stage, the 52-year-old hailed the great capacities of Zamalek players especially the trio: Ayman Hefny, Mahmoud 'Shikabala' Abdel-Razek and Bassem Morsi.
 
"When you play Zamalek you are up against Hefny, Morsi, Shikabalala."
 
"They are unbelievably good. So it will be totally different," he added.
 
"We need to just now forget the tactics we have used against Zesco and look to bring back how we played against Zamalek."
 
The first-leg in the League's is set to be played in Pretoria between (14-16) October, while the second-leg will take place in Egypt one week later.