Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates have been cautioned to expect a chaotic reception against Al Ahly and Pyramids FC.
Both Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates were held to a draw in the first legs of the CAF Champions League semi-finals by giants Al Ahly and relative Pyramids.
The Brazilians will be looking to overcome the 12-time African champions at the Cairo International Stadium with kick-off scheduled at 16:00 GMT, while Pirates will resume hostilities with Pyramids at the 30 June Stadium at 18:00 GMT.
Ahead of the games, Jabu Mahlangu, who tasted continental success with Kaizer Chiefs at the turn of the millennium under Muhsin Ertugral, is expecting a hostile reception from the North Africans.
“The problem is that the treatment, all these things, when they go that side. Plus, this is the second leg, it’s the semi-final,” Mahlangu said on the Jabu Mahlangu & Diski Shandis Podcast.
“You know how they are, they use dirty tactics when you go that side. Especially at this stage of the competition.
“Even when they were here, the way they were problematic, they are rude. North Africans are rude. They don’t respect football, because you can’t expect to win every game.
“In their minds, I don’t know what football means to them,” adds ‘Ngwana wa Tshwenya’, as he was fondly known in his Amakhosi days.
