Mamelodi Sundowns and Wydad Casablanca are now very familiar with one another in the CAF Champions League.
The teams have met 10 times in the Champions League since 2017 and all the matches have ended in close margins.They have clashed on two occasions in the quarterfinals, with both winning each. Sundowns' victory in the knockout stage was in 2017 when they won 1-0 to progress to the semifinal.
The Brazilians will be buoyed by their impressive performance in Algeria when they thumped CR Belouizdad 4-1 to win 6-2 in aggregate in the quarterfinal to reach this stage of the competition. Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena is aware of what to expect and he anticipates a tough and free-flowing game tomorrow.
“But it’s going to be a good game against a team that of course is the defending champions, [has] good pedigree in the Champions League after many years of competing. It’s going to be an interesting game between two good teams and we have to fight [because] nothing is given on a silver platter...”
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