Raja Club Athletic caretaker coach Hafid Abdessadek has remarked that he wishes his side could be realistic when they meet Mamelodi Sundowns this coming Saturday.
CAF Champions League action is set to resume following an almost three-week break.
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With each team having already played three group stage matches so far, Sundowns sit second in Group B, tied on five points with leaders FAR Rabat.
Meanwhile, Raja sit rock-bottom of the group with just one point from three matches, including a 1-0 defeat to Downs in Pretoria on 15 December 2024.
The two teams will clash again this coming Saturday, 4 January, in Morocco in the fourth round of group stage matches.
Raja currently have an interim coach in charge following Ricardo Sa Pinto's recent departure from the Casablanca outfit.
Raja suffered a 2-0 defeat to RS Berkane this past Sunday, and Abdessadek expressed his frustration with the mistakes his team made, insisting that they will need to be more realistic when they meet the South African giants next.
"We warned the players, more than once, to avoid giving gifts to the opponent, because when you give gifts, you pay the price," said Abdessadek, according to SNRT News.
"We made individual mistakes, both in the first and second half. We lacked realism, while RS Berkane was realistic and achieved its goal."
Asked how he plans to address his side's frailties against Sundowns, Abdessadek added: "I hope that we will be realistic in the upcoming match, and that luck will be on our side, but the players must take the initiative to look for luck."
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