Marumo Gallants will pack up for yet another trip to North Africa four weeks after another trip to that part of the continent dragged their name through the mud and left painful scars.
The latest trip to the Arab world will take Gallants to Cairo, Egypt where they face Pyramids in a CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinal first-leg tie at the 30 June Air Defence Stadium on Sunday (18h00).
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Last time out in Libyan it turned out into a 'scary movie' after two of the club's officials were held hostage due to unpaid monies related to flights that were arranged by Dr Ali Elzargha, who was also the owner of the hotel where they were staying.
Rufus Matsena and Tebogo Amos Dhlomo only ultimately returned drained several weeks later following the intervention of the government and SAFA amongst others.
Back to the import issues on the field, the trip to Cairo will be their 23rd this year.
They played five last month, five in February, and seven in January while in this calendar month, they have already played five.
Last night they drew with SuperSport United to move up to thirteenth in their relegation fight.
"It was a bit of a difficult game especially because of the style of play," says Raymond Mdaka, their caretaker coach.
"They are good on set pieces and play long balls and wanted to get us on the counter, so we had to cover a bigger distance in terms of those long balls.
"So, this didn't allow us to keep the ball on the ground and play as we normally do but I think we are happy with a point.
"I think the boys did well under these difficult conditions.
"A point will obviously make a difference, but we will try and fight until the end of the league for whatever game that we playing, and we still totally believe that we will be able to get something," says Mdaka.
Marumo will leave for Cairo on Thursday.
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