Sundowns' Pitso Mosimane: 'I’m even afraid that this thing is going to lose the spark'

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Fans of both teams embraced each other like long-lost friends on social media after their sides were drawn together again last week. marc_strydom

Downs‚ the 2016 champions‚ were last week drawn in the 2019-20 Champions League’s Group C with 2017 victors Wydad.Sundowns and Wydad have established a healthy recent rivalry‚ though one repeatedly shaded by narrow margins by the Moroccan giants‚ being pitted against each other at various stages of each of the last three editions of Africa’s premier club competition.

Sundowns lost on penalties to Wydad in the 2017 quarterfinals. Downs were eliminated in the 2018 group stage largely due to being held to a 1-1 draw at home by Wydad. Fans of both teams embraced each other like long-lost friends on social media after their sides were drawn together again last week. “We fought too much‚ but competitively. And we became friends and we became a family‚” Mosimane said.

 

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