Downs delight, Pirates heartbreak

Mamelodi Sundowns head coach, Miguel Cardoso, says beating the defending champions, Al Ahly, in the CAF Champions League in Cairo was down to ‘trust’.

Sundowns scored a late equaliser through a Yasser Ibrahim own goal after waves of attacking pressure, sending The Brazilians into the final.

“Trust, trust, no doubt, trust – on the way we have been loving this experience together, trust in the quality in each other, trust in the game plan we developed for the match, trust that even after 1-0 we can score,” Cardoso said.

“Trust that whatever in happened in the past, new history had to be written today and trust in a club that supports and gives is the conditions to work hard, and trust in our families that are at home, that gives us love, our supporters in South Africa, in brotherhood, we trust.”

Meanwhile, there was heartbreak for Orlando Pirates after they went down 3-2 to Pyramids of Egypt.

Pyramids will face Sundowns in the final on the 26th of May and 1st of June.

Pyramids talisman, Fiston Mayele, scored a dramatic winner to break Buccaneers’ hearts after they took the lead early on in the match. Written by Ntsako Mkhari