‘I’m not your wife‚’ irate Lobi Stars coach says to Sundowns’ Mosimane
Conflict comes to a head after SA team thump West Africans 3-0 in African Champions League
Mamelodi Sundowns’ tense African Champions League showdown against Nigeria side Lobi Stars took an ugly turn when coach Pitso Mosimane and his visiting counterpart Solomon Ogbeide were involved in a heated exchange after the encounter at Lucas Moripe Stadium on Saturday night. Tempers flared after Mosimane accused Ogbeide of refusing to shake his hand when the two sides met in the away leg in Enugu earlier in 2019. Ogbeide‚ who initially did not want to be part of the postmatch media conference‚ said there was a misunderstanding about a training venue in Enugu. “In Nigeria there was an argument when Sundowns wanted to train early on an artificial pitch‚” he said. ‘‘I asked my boys to leave the field and called Sundowns to train but they refused. I refused to shake his hands in the first match in Nigeria but it is in the past. “After the match here I tried to shake his hand but he refused and I said: ‘OK‚ I am not your wife’. ‘‘Even when he saw me on Friday I said to myself: ‘I am no...
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