Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi feels the club’s unexpected failure to reach the CAF Champions League semifinals must be pinned on them as the technical panel.
Mamelodi Sundowns were eliminated by Petro De Luanda of Angola on Saturday in a 1-1 Draw at the FNB Stadium which saw the Angola side qualify on a 3-2 aggregate.
Reacting to his side elimination from the CAF Champions League: “Probably it’s us the leadership that will have to take the bullet and say maybe we need to plan better and do better in the next matches to make sure that we improve in this [Champions League] space because seemingly we’re not achieving our ultimate goal” said Mngqithi.
“Based on the investments the club have put in, we must take the blame that we didn’t take the team to the next stage.
“We must also be fully aware that we were unfortunate not to have some of our investments for this critical matches, Rivaldo Coetzee was a very big loss, Saavedra as well and George [Maluleka] when he was really coming in and showing very good signs, again he was another big loss when we lost him to injury before the first leg.”