Relebohile Mofokeng, who delivered a Man-of-the-Match performance as Orlando Pirates defeated Al Ahly 2-1, has revealed what he believes was the key behind the historic CAF Champions League victory.
Pirates earned an incredible win over Egyptian giants Al Ahly at the Cairo International Stadium on Saturday to finish top of the group.
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Mofokeng opened the scoring in the second half, before substitute Gilberto put the victory beyond doubt with a second in added time, with the home side having equalised shortly before that.
Speaking to the club's media after the match, Mofokeng explained what ultimately helped his side avoid clinch the famous victory.
"I think firstly playing away (against) African teams is always difficult," said the 20-year-old.
"But we were able to push, we were able to work as a team and we were able to get the two goals we needed.
"What helped us is that we take every game as a final, there is nothing of 'we've already qualified [for the knockout stages], we should relax.'
"We have to win every game.
"We have to make our fans happy because when we lose, they don't understand. So, we have to play to win, it doesn't matter if we've qualified or what," added Mofokeng.
Pirates collected an impressive 14 points from six matches in the group phase and go through to the quarter-finals undefeated.