‘Football is personal for me,’ says Sundowns’ coach Mokwena

In his first year as head coach of Mamelodi Sundowns, Rulani Mokwena has cemented his reputation as one of the best tacticians in African football [File: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA-EFE]

South African football clubs have only won a pair of African Champions League titles. In advance of Saturday’s semifinal, Mamelodi Sundowns’ coach Rulani Mokwena remembers both of them.

The Orlando Pirates took the trophy in 1995, a few years into the post-apartheid era, as ostracised South African clubs were admitted into continental competitions.