Magesi FC head coach Clinton Larsen has revealed two factors that saw his side match and beat Mamelodi Sundowns in the Carling Knockout final.
Dikwena became the first promoted team to win a trophy in the PSL in their first season after a shock 2-1 win over Sundowns.
The Limpopo side came from behind after Tshepo Kakora cancelled out an opener for Masandawana by Iqraam Rayners and Delano Abrahams fired home the winner in the dying minutes.
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"It's called a fairytale isn't it? I'm just happy for the players. I'm so hard on this group of players, sometimes I'm just not fair. But I've got to be that way because we're not the most talented group and it's efforts like this that can reward us with results," Larsen said on SuperSport TV.
"I'm very happy for them. So many of this group of players have been written off by previous clubs. We've resurrected quite a few careers. But happy for the Chairman, management, supporters and I also want to congratulate Mamelodi Sundowns and their coach for the great team they are," Larsen said.
"We suffered, they were a better team by far, I think the stats are going to show. We [won] against a quality team. A little bit of luck got us the result."
The former Bloemfontein Celtic coach went on and revealed why they only started to play on the front foot after going a goal behind.
"We wanted to go to the break without conceding, one lapse of concentration, [Lehlohonolo] Mokone did not get tight on Rayners, the other efforts were outside the box, that's exactly what we planned. It's gonna take something special to beat Elvis from so far," Larsen said.
"We had to change in the second-half and be on the front foot. People may ask 'Why did you not do that in the first-half?' Arrows tried it, they got five, SuperSport four.
"I think the plan worked, we gave away a soft goal but courageous comeback from the boys and I think based on the second-half performance well deserved [win]."
The former Golden Arrows tactician also explained how they managed to match a star-studded Sundowns.
"When you're limited in playing personnel like we are, there's two areas you need to be strong. One is set plays and the other is having athletic players to arrive in the box," he added.
"Kakora has done that. I keep talking about the legs that [Tshepo] Kakora, [Tshepo] Mashigo, [Wonderboy] Makhubu and [Deolin] Mekoa have got and they proved that today."