Pitso Mosimane of South Africa, the coach of Club Esteghlal Tehran, will face a tough test when he faces Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia in the AFC Elite Champions League, tomorrow, Monday.
Al Hilal will host Esteghlal Tehran in the fourth round of the AFC Champions League for Al Nakhiya, and the match will be held at the Kingdom Arena in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
Pitso Mosimane starts a new mission with Esteghlal Tehran against Al Hilal, in the AFC Elite Champions League, after leading the Iranian team in just two league games, during which he suffered two defeats.
Challenge to Mosimane
Due to the local upset of Pitso Mosimane’s Esteghlal Tehran team, it was necessary to win at the expense of Al Hilal in the elite match of the AFC Champions League, in which the South African team and their players will be guests of the blue team there the Riyadh.
The Esteghlal Tehran team is suffering in the Iranian League, as they remain in 14th place in the standings after playing 9 games in which they got only two wins, while falling in a draw trap in two games, and suffering 5 losses.
Pitso Mosimane led Esteghlal Tehran in just two matches in the Iranian League, when they fell into the trap of defeat against Traktor, with a score of (2-0), and against Khyber Khorram, with a score of (1 -0), in just 6 days South Africa took control.
Looking for a second win among the Champions League elite
Mosimane expects to achieve his first victory with Esteghlal Tehran, at the expense of Al Hilal in the Champions League competition, to steal the spotlight from him at the beginning of his mission with the Iranian team, and correct his team’s path in the competition. .
Esteghlal Tehran played 3 matches this season in the AFC Elite Champions League. falling again to Al-Nasr in the third round with a score of (0).
Esteghlal Tehran is in sixth place in the Elite Champions League AFC ranking, with 3 points after only 3 rounds of the tournament, and the Iranian team wants to regain victories or at least get a good result against Al Hilal.
Second clash against Al Hilal
Pitso Mosimane will face Al-Hilal for the second time in his history, having previously met the Blue Team when he was the coach of Al-Ahly, in the 2021/2022 season in the Club World Cup competition.
Under the guidance of Mosimane, Al-Ahly beat Al-Hilal 4-0 in the match between the two teams, to secure third and fourth place in the Club World Cup, while Al-Ahmar succeeded in the medal to win bronze.
Although Mosimane accepted the job of managing Al-Ahly Jeddah earlier, he did not face Al-Hilal, as he took part with Al-Raqi during his time in the Yellow League after for him to be expelled from the Roshan League.
Mosimane is looking for his second win against Al Hilal, to get his new team Esteghlal Tehran back to winning ways after a string of negative results.
2024-11-03 18:01:00
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