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Sundowns coach set to be future ‘star’ in English Premier League?

Mamelodi Sundowns secured a staggering 5-2 win over Al-Ahly on Saturday afternoon in the second leg of the CAF Champions League contest to advance to the knockout phases of the elite competitors.

After this newest encounter, an overseas-based coach and soccer analyst Pedro Mendoca has apparently taken to social media with a brief clip in which he hails the “magic” of Mokwena, whereas even suggesting he might be a future teaching star in the English Premier League.

Of course, former AmaZulu coach Benni McCarthy is presently blazing a path for South Africans in the EPL, the place he has made a direct influence with Manchester United.

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Check out the evaluation clip on a Sundowns purpose under:

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As it’s, in the wake of this previous weekend’s outcome, Sundowns senior coach Steve Komphela has described Mokwena as a “genius”.

“The guy is unbelievably intelligent. He is brains, brains, brains,” Komphela stated. “You by no means get into teaching and succeed at a younger age with out brains. He is a genius.

“A friend, Roger de Sa, once said  ‘90% of what the coach earns is about everything that happens around [the team] and only 10% is about what they do on the pitch’, and I think coach Rulani has mastered that,” he added. “He may be very calm and calculating and he sees issues in time and has the knowledge and skill to reply appropriately.  

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Komphela additionally stated there was no contest about who ought to be named the Premier Soccer League (PSL) coach of the season.  

“Please so be it, ningamurobhi [don’t rob him],” Komphela stated half-jokingly. “There’s an inclination that issues should be performed primarily based on sure circumstances.  But I believe he has performed a hell of an ideal job.  

“And you can’t say whether they should give it to him or not, but if [the strength of] his work says give it to him, you have no option but to be obliged.”  

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MASANDAWANA IMPRESSED IN GROUP B OF THE CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Sundowns went unbeaten through the group phases. Photo: SuperSport

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