CONTINENTAL FOOTBALL
Pitso Mosimane loses his cool as late penalty sinks Downs
Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane lost his composure at the postmatch media conference after his side’s 2-1 Caf Champions League defeat to Esperance de Tunis‚ getting into a verbal sparring match with assistant coach Othman Najjar. Najjar was in attendance‚ as his English was better than that of Esperance head coach Faouzi Benzarti. He was at the receiving end of several salvoes from Mosimane‚ who at first tried to keep the banter light, but could not bottle up his frustration. Mosimane admitted Soumahoro Bangaly’s reckless late challenge that led to the 90th-minute penalty — scored by Yassine Khenissi — was not clever. He felt Downs displayed a quickness that Esperance struggled to cope with‚ and said a string of injuries – to Hlompo Kekana‚ Khama Billiat‚ Ricardo Nascimento and Anthony Laffor – had affected the Brazilians’ chances of a home win.
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