Mamelodi Sundowns maintained their perfect start in Group B of the CAF Champions League after securing a 3-1 victory over Coton Sport in Garoua, Cameroon on Saturday. The duo of Cassius Mailula and Thapelo Morena were left impressed with the work done by the technical team and credited them for the win.
3⃣ crucial points picked up in Cameroon!
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Mailula scored a brace in the match and praised the technical team for their preparation. “We played very well as a team, it’s not about me because the guys help me to actually get myself in good positions and always give me the right details, what to do and what not to do,” he said. “So I’m very happy about myself by scoring but I think I can actually do more by keeping on scoring and never get tired of scoring. And I also want to thank the analysis guys and the technical team because we were very on the spot, everything that we planned, it actually happened in the game, so I’m very happy.”
Morena also alluded that their preparations for the game was spot on, as everything came out as planned. “The game was a bit difficult but whatever we’ve done at training it was spot on and some of the goals really came out from the training pitch,” he said. “It’s very important getting six points in two games, it’s one thing we’ve been looking forward to because we know there’s a great possibility when it’s like this if we get three points away, when we go home we might as well take the maximum points.”
Sundowns will travel to Cairo to take on Al Ahly on Saturday evening and Morena looked forward to the encounter. “It’s very important to go back home and prepare for Al Ahly the way we’ve been preparing for every game and when we get to Cairo we just hope that whatever we do in the training pitch will also present itself (like) the game we played (against Coton Sport),” he said.
