Bidvest Wits want to be competitive in the Caf Confederation Cup‚ but their focus has to be on winning their maiden Absa Premiership title‚ Clever Boys goalkeeper Moeneeb Josephs has said.
Wits bowed out of the 2017 Caf Champions League with their 1-0 aggregate defeat against Al Ahly‚ as they could only manage a 0-0 home result in the second leg of their first round tie against at Bidvest Stadium on Sunday.
The Clever Boys have now be relegated to the lesser Confederation Cup.
It can be difficult for a team that progresses to the Confed from the prestigious Champions League to maintain the same intensity and hunger.
- Wits return to Egypt as they continue their African odysseyBidvest Wits will be heading back to Egypt next month as they continue their African odyssey‚ this time in the African Confederation Cup rather than the Champions League.
For Wits‚ there is the added distraction that their over-riding ambition this season is challenging for their first Absa Premiership title‚ where the Clever Boys’ strongest side ever stand a good chance this season.
“We wanted to compete in this competition‚" Josephs said.
"This was the big one for us.
“But in the Confed Cup we’ll see how far we go and we also have to focus on the league.
- 'We play Al Ahly‚ then we come back here and play a team like Baroka and then the mindset changes,' says JosephsBidVest Wits’ first Caf Champions League outing against an African club giant was closely contested‚ and they learnt much on how to play these kinds of games‚ said Clever Boys goalkeeper Moeneeb Josephs after their defeat against Al Ahly.
"We can’t win the Champions League if we can’t win the league in our country.
“In the Confed‚ I’m sure the coach (Gavin Hunt) will plan for it.
"But the big focus is on trying to win our league.”
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