When Marumo Gallants booked a place in this season’s Confederation Cup, courtesy of finishing runners-up to Mamelodi Sundowns in the 2022 Nedbank Cup, not even the club’s most ardent fans would have given their team much chance of progressing very far in the continental competition. 

Not many would have predicted Gallants would still being around after the play-off  round where they faced Libya’s Al Ahli Tripoli, a team that reached the semifinals of last season’s competition before losing to Orlando Pirates.  ..

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