Napsa Stars coach Muhamad Fathi believes the second leg in Mozambique is a final and has urged his troops to roll up their sleeves ahead of the decider.
The Egyptian-born gaffer says his team is not under pressure and so his he as he does not play under pressure.
“I think the game is open because the first leg ended 0-0 so if you look at the first result there is no winner no one qualified from the first leg, so this game is like a final its a decider, and if we reach 90minutes 0-0 at the end of the day we will have to go to a penalty shoot-out, we have a good chance it the same like them but we have a plan and by the grace of God this plan will work and will have some to take,” he said.
“I never play under pressure even the players never play under pressure cause if we play under pressure it means you won’t concentrate and it will cost us so we have a plan and we move on,” he added.
Fathi was also very quick to heap praise on Songo who he believes are a very good side.
“There are very good in zones very good in marking but when you play home whats your objective you have to win so you have to open up, us we had a lot of chances despite them playing zone defense in the first round we had a lot of chances and I think when they open up we will have more chances because there are a bit heavy and us we are a bit fast so I think this is our advantage,” he said.
Fathi is also very happy with the return of strikers Tapson Kaseba and Bornwell Mwape which he feels brings healthy competition to the team
“I think these two they will give competition to Emmanuel mayuka, Chanda Mushili so I think now whoever is going to start has to prove himself its good when you have competition it will give you good result,” he said.
“It’s just concentration and focus and fight for the country they know what there are suppose to do tomorrow,” he added.
Captain Dickson Chapa reaffirmed Napsa Stars’ ambitions of qualifying to the next round.
“I think tomorrow (today) game for us it’s a final, we want to qualify to the next round and I think what is needed before qualifying is to win the match, so we have come here with a winning mentality and we want to win the game, winning the game is what will make us qualify to the next round,” he said.
The Pensioners face UD Songo in the return league of the first round of the CAF confederation cup in Mozambique this afternoon at 15:00. The team arrived in Mozambique at 10:25 on Monday.
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