Manqoba Mngqithi has explained why Mamelodi Sundowns will be staying in Cairo for their two Champions League games. Picture: Gavin Barker/BackpagePix.
“It is better to stay there than travel in and out. If maybe we could get direct flights to Egypt, we would probably come back and go again but now we don’t have them because Egypt Air flies on few days,” said Masandawana co-head coach Manqoba Mngqithi He continued to explain: “A stay in Egypt is the best option, we looked at it with the coaches and everyone involved and we all felt we might end up having a lot of travel fatigue if we made two separate trips to Egypt. We will find ourselves a very good place to camp so that we can be able to have a proper training program in preparation for the second match.”