With Orlando Pirates gunning for revenge against Jwaneng Galaxy in the CAF Champions League second preliminary round, Morena Ramoreboli will also have an extra motivational factor of his own.
Pirates still feel the embarrassment of being knocked out in the second preliminary round of the tournament last season by Galaxy, who edged them on penalties after a 1-1 stalemate on aggregate.
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Ramoreboli's charges also turned around a 1-0 deficit from the first leg against African Stars and knocked the Namibians out on penalties after they won the second leg 1-0 at home.
Although Bucs will be fuelled by the emotions of proving a point against the Botswana giants, Ramoreboli will also have his point to prove from a coaching perspective.
As previously reported by KickOff, the former Maluti FET College coach was close to joining Sekhukhune United in the off-season, as a replacement for Lehlohonolo Seema.
However, the two parties could not agree on terms and Babina Noko eventually settled for Peter Hyballa, who did not get to coach in an official match, following the return of Seema.
Playing against the Soweto giants again offers the highly rated mentor and his staff another big opportunity to showcase what they are made of.
"It's true, we had talks with Sekhukhune, we were even close to reaching an agreement. We had already agreed on other matters, but there were other things, from our side, we were not happy with," Ramoreboli said on Metro FM (translated from his native Sesotho language).
"We thought let's not take this opportunity now, maybe let's give ourselves time to prepare ourselves properly.
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"The other thing we have to learn about life is that opportunities come, but you have to assess the opportunity you're taking, will everything work out the way you want? Because no one knows what will happen tomorrow, but what is important is you don't make a decision that tomorrow you feel like you could've made a different call," he explained further.
The Free State native will be looking to catch the attention of PSL teams again by claiming the scalp of the 1995 Champions League winners.
Ramoreboli is always famously known for masterminding a 4-1 drubbing of Pirates in the Nedbank Cup during his days as Maluti head coach.