How Sundowns can clinch their place in the Fifa Club World Cup
Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena has a burning desire to win the CAF Champions League title. He has come short in the semifinals in the past two years.Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena dozed off during a replay of the goalless CAF Champions League semifinal first leg between Al Ahly and TP Mazembe on Saturday. He remarked that the match, which took place in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was so dull that he needed an energy drink to stay awake until the end.
They two coaches know that, regardless of the outcome of their clash at Loftus, the places of Esperance and Sundowns at next year's Fifa Club World Cup will be guaranteed if Mazembe are eliminated. This is according to the criteria used by CAF to select the four teams that will represent Africa at the expanded 32-team Club World Cup, where Champions League winners between 2021 and this year will qualify for the Club World Cup.
By winning the continental title in 2021 and last year, Egyptian giants Al Ahly and 2022 champions Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco have already secured automatic qualification. From the group phase, teams get three points for a win, one point for a draw and three points for progressing to each stage of the Champions League in the past four years.
Mokwena, who was Mosimane’s assistant in the 2016 Champions League triumph and the Club World Cup appearance, has successfully taken the baton.
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