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South Africa’s Pitso Mosimane rewrote the history books when he managed that feat two years ago.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the relationship between the greatest club in African football and one of the greatest coaches in African football ended abruptly when the Egyptian club confirmed earlier this week that they had acceded to Mosimane’s wish to leave the club after 21 months at the helm.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Al Ahly and Pitso Mosimane have reached an agreement to part ways,” read an official statement from the club.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Mahmoud El Khatib, the club’s president, held a meeting with Yassin Mansour, the chair of Al Ahly; Hossam Ghaly, the club’s board member; and the planning committee members to discuss Mosimane’s future with the club. 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During his tenure, he led the African heavyweights to three CAF Champions League finals on the trot — winning two.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kagiso-born coach replaced René Weiler, who had led the team to a record-stretching 42nd domestic league crown. The Swiss coach also navigated the team to the semifinals of the Champions League before his departure.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a Covid-19-induced hiatus, the Champions League resumed and Mosimane took over the Red Devils’ reins.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two months after the former Bafana Bafana midfielder’s arrival, the club won its ninth Champions League title, its first since 2013. A year later, they won La Decima (the 10th), a term coined in Spain when reigning European Champions Real Madrid won an elusive 10th continental title back in 2014.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The 10th (star) is important. 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The Egyptian league proved elusive, though.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The former Bafana Bafana mentor narrowly missed out on being the first coach to win three successive Champions League titles when his side lost this season’s final to Moroccan giants Wydad Casablanca in Casablanca two months ago.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on where he next lands up, he has an opportunity to equal the achievement of Ahly’s former coach Manuel José. The Portuguese mentor holds the record for the most CAF Champions League crowns, one ahead of second-placed Mosimane.</span>\r\n<h4><b>A big step up</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mosimane has acknowledged that coaching Al Ahly was a major step up from his time at Sundowns — where he won every domestic trophy available (bar the MTN8) and the Champions League crown.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“There is a difference between being in South Africa and here in Egypt. Here, I lead a team that is always expected to win trophies and awards. Al Ahly compete with teams such as Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United as the best club in the world, and last year they won the award for the biggest club in the Middle East and [are] a candidate this year,” he said after a year in the Red Devils’ hot seat.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Here, you just have to win. It wasn’t like that for me. I would lose or draw and I might not win four games in a row. If that happens here, I don’t think I will remain in my position. You always have to win.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His overall record during his time in Cairo saw him lead Ahly to 65 victories, 22 draws and only 10 defeats. In spite of that great record, Mosimane was constantly the subject of jibes from ex-Al Ahly players who felt — despite his achievements — that he was not fit to lead the club.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retired Ahly players such as Wael Gomaa and former forward Taha Ismail took turns offering up their thoughts on how Mosimane was not the best fit for the record-holding African champions.</span>\r\n<h4><b>Where to now?</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mosimane has previously been linked with the Orlando Pirates job. However, considering his ambition to always set the benchmark, a move outside Africa could be on the cards.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent reports have also linked him with a switch to the United Arab Emirates. 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"description": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a historic move. No African coach who was not from Egypt had ever taken the reins at the record-breaking African champions Al Ahly. South Africa’s Pitso Mosimane rewrote the history books when he managed that feat two years ago.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the relationship between the greatest club in African football and one of the greatest coaches in African football ended abruptly when the Egyptian club confirmed earlier this week that they had acceded to Mosimane’s wish to leave the club after 21 months at the helm.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Al Ahly and Pitso Mosimane have reached an agreement to part ways,” read an official statement from the club.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Mahmoud El Khatib, the club’s president, held a meeting with Yassin Mansour, the chair of Al Ahly; Hossam Ghaly, the club’s board member; and the planning committee members to discuss Mosimane’s future with the club. 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During his tenure, he led the African heavyweights to three CAF Champions League finals on the trot — winning two.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kagiso-born coach replaced René Weiler, who had led the team to a record-stretching 42nd domestic league crown. The Swiss coach also navigated the team to the semifinals of the Champions League before his departure.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a Covid-19-induced hiatus, the Champions League resumed and Mosimane took over the Red Devils’ reins.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two months after the former Bafana Bafana midfielder’s arrival, the club won its ninth Champions League title, its first since 2013. A year later, they won La Decima (the 10th), a term coined in Spain when reigning European Champions Real Madrid won an elusive 10th continental title back in 2014.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The 10th (star) is important. It is good for history, good for the archives,” said the coach at the time.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the process, Mosimane also made history by becoming the first African coach to win this coveted crown on three separate occasions, having first won it with his former club Mamelodi Sundowns in 2016.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ironically, Mosimane had also led Sundowns to their own La Decima before his departure for the Egyptian capital.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 2019/20 season, Masandawana claimed a record-extending 10th domestic league crown.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During his time in North Africa, the 57-year-old also guided the Red Devils to two consecutive Fifa Club World Cup bronze medals, the same number of CAF Super Cup triumphs, plus an Egyptian Cup and an Egyptian Super Cup. The Egyptian league proved elusive, though.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The former Bafana Bafana mentor narrowly missed out on being the first coach to win three successive Champions League titles when his side lost this season’s final to Moroccan giants Wydad Casablanca in Casablanca two months ago.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on where he next lands up, he has an opportunity to equal the achievement of Ahly’s former coach Manuel José. The Portuguese mentor holds the record for the most CAF Champions League crowns, one ahead of second-placed Mosimane.</span>\r\n<h4><b>A big step up</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mosimane has acknowledged that coaching Al Ahly was a major step up from his time at Sundowns — where he won every domestic trophy available (bar the MTN8) and the Champions League crown.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“There is a difference between being in South Africa and here in Egypt. 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