Al Ahly board member: To say Kaizer Chiefs are weak is nonsense!

Al Ahly board member Khaled El-Darandaly has dismissed suggestions that Pitso Mosimane was always going to easily beat Kaizer Chiefs in the CAF Champions League final.

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The notion came before the CAF Champions League final in Morocco where a section of Egyptian football experts labelled Chiefs ‘too weak’ for Al Ahly.

However, El-Darandaly said there was no way Chiefs would reach the CAF Champions League final if they were as weak as some claimed.

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Furthermore, El-Darandaly revealed how focused the entire Al Ahly team was on their way to Casablanca, saying even club president Mahmoud El-Khatib didn’t smile on the plane.

And El-Darandaly said Al Ahly couldn’t underestimate their CAF Champions League final opponents because both Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns always to do well against Mosimane.

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“Mahmoud El-Khatib didn’t smile at all during our flight to Morocco. Everyone was fully focused,” said El-Darandaly as quoted by Kingfut.

“Saying that Kaizer Chiefs are weak is nonsense! The final could go anywhere. A team that is weak could never reach the final,” he continued.

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“Kaizer Chiefs and Sundowns are from South Africa, and both want to take revenge on Mosimane,” added El-Darandaly.

Mosimane delivered Al Ahly’s 10th CAF Champions League trophy, which was his second in two consecutive seasons since joining the Red Devils.

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