Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Wydad Casablanca saw Sundowns finish runners-up in their pool and they will face either defending champions Esperance‚ DR Congo giants TP Mazembe or the most successful African club in history in Egyptian side Al Ahly.
None of those three teams are appetising prospects‚ though Sundowns may feel that a match-up against Lubumbashi-based Mazembe will give them the best possible chance of making it to the semis.
They faced Mazembe in the second round in 2015‚ but lost out 3-2 on aggregate after a 1-0 home win was followed by a 3-1 loss away. Esperance breezed through their pool unbeaten‚ while Al Ahly suffered two losses on their way to topping Group D‚ but have all the guile and street-smarts that make them such a difficult opponent.
But that is in the past now and Mosimane will have to use all his experience to plot a way past one of the continent’s giants if the club is to regain the trophy they won in 2016.
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