Pitso Mosimane, Al Ahly’s head coach, featured in Al Ahly vs Esperance pre-match press conference on Friday.

Al Ahly will face Esperance of Tunisia on Saturday at 9:00 PM at Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium in the second leg of the CAF Champions League semi-finals, after beating the Tunisian team 1-0 in the first leg.

Here is what Mosimane had to say about the game:

“We are playing at home. When we play at home, we play to win. What is important for us is to try to protect our lead, our small lead. You do so by scoring and making sure the opponent doesn’t score.”

“Of course, we enter the second leg with a small advantage. But we all know the history of Al Ahly and Esperance. History speaks a lot.  “

“It will be a very open game because I expect the opponent to try to score and we play at home so we need to score. The result is what matters the most and not how we play. In the end, we want to go through.”

“We will cross the bridge when we come to it. We cannot talk now about the final now. The biggest mistake for a coach is to talk about the final while he still has a game to play.”

Finally, Mosimane concluded his pre-match press conference by highlighting the importance of Al Ahly fans, stating that he hopes to see them return back to the stands.