CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Shattered Downs coach Pitso Mosimane blasts fatal error against Wydad
The inability of Mamelodi Sundowns to take advantage of an early lead and leftback Tebogo Langerman’s error that allowed Wydad Casablanca to equalise‚ shattered Downs coach Pitso Mosimane after his side drew 1-1 in a Champions League match at Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville on Saturday. Sundowns took the lead against the 2017 champions in the opening Group C game of 2018 when Badr Gaddarine turned Sibusiso Vilakazi’s cross into his own net in the second minute. Wydad equalised when speedy winger Mohammed Ounajem put in a cross after seeming to cross the goalline‚ but keeping the ball in by centimetres‚ and Langerman stopped playing and stood rigid‚ allowing Ismail El Haddad to run through unmarked for a free headed 20th-minute equaliser. Mosimane said his main stem of frustration was that he knew Wydad‚ struggling in fourth place in the Moroccan league‚ have three big games coming up in 10 days. He wanted to put them under pressure. "I’m very disappointed with the result. We ...
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