Sundowns coach likens winger Zwane to Andres Iniesta via SABCNewsOnline
Sundowns consider crowd support a key factor as they try to replicate the atmosphere that helped humiliate record eight-time champions Al Ahly of Egypt 5-0 in the quarter-finals., has likened star winger Themba Zwane to Spanish great Andres Iniesta and hopes he can help clinch a Confederation of African Football Champions League final place this Saturday.
“Themba is not an orthodox winger who sprints down the touchline and crosses the ball. We allow him to operate wherever he wants to. He reminds me of Iniesta,” said Mosimane. A sell-out 20,000 crowd in Lubumbashi is likely to see a very different Mazembe side from that which lost to a Youcef Belaili cross-cum-goal in Rades last weekend.
Mazembe must score at least once at home and veteran Tresor Mputu and young Jackson Muleka could be the men to breach the Esperance defence. There are no secrets between Sundowns and Wydad as they have met seven times in three seasons with six matches settled by one-goal margins and the other drawn.
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