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Khothatso Leballo

Rhulani Mokwena explains why MC Alger reaching CAF Champions League group stage is 'a very big achievement for the club'

The former Mamelodi Sundowns coach is at a club where there are high demands for results and not winning the continental competition is regarded as failure. The Algerian giants are known for not being patient with coaches. However, it is an environment he is familiar with after experiencing it at Masandawana and Wydad Casablanca.

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    MC Alger through on away goals rule

    MC Alger sneaked into the CAF Champions League group stage after eliminating Cameroonian side Colombe Sportive on Sunday.

    Coached by Rhulani Mokwena, MC Alger drew 0-0 at home after a 1-1 stalemate away in Cameroon in the first leg.

    Mokwena has now described what it means to progress to the group stage on away goals rule.

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    A club milestone, according to Mokwena

    "We played the champions of Liberia, we played the champions of Cameroon, without the support of our fans in our stadium. It is a very big achievement for the club," Mokwena said as per Soccer Laduma."It is not easy, so congratulations to the football club, the players, the president, this one is for him, and to the medical staff who worked very hard, so this is a great team achievement. As coaches, we are the least important people in football clubs."
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    Club goals over personal glory

    Mokwena is not prioritising his personal ambitions ahead of what MC Alger wants to achieve. 

    "Sometimes, as coaches, we overplay or overhype our team. I try to help the club. It is an objective of the club, it is an objective that is very important to the president, and it is an objective that is important to the fans," added Mokwena.
    "Unfortunately, I am a part of the club, and the objectives and goals of the club become mine, but it can never be an individual process. It is something the club, staff and everyone involved in the club wants to achieve."

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    What comes next?

    The Champions League group stage draw is expected to be conducted on November 3.

    MC Alger could find themselves in the same group with Mokwena's former club Mamelodi Sundowns in the group stage.

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