Mihayo reveals recipe for success

TP MAZEMBE coach Pamphile Mihayo credited their defence of the Caf Confederation Cup against SuperSport United to a combination of experience and a good tactical plan which was well executed at Lucas Moripe Stadium on Saturday night.

The second leg of the 14th Confed Cup final ended 0-0‚ giving Mazembe a 2-1 aggregate win after their victory in the first leg in Lubumbashi last Sunday.

Although SuperSport had the lion’s share of possession‚ particularly in the second period where they were looking for the all important goal‚ they only had their first real short on target after the 70th minute with Dove Wome testing Sylvain Gbohouo upon getting a good cross from Grant Kekana.

Even when Mazembe were reduced to 10 men after their Zambian anchorman Chongo Kabasa was red carded in the 82nd minute‚ SuperSport just couldn’t breached the well-synch Mazembe defence.

“Our plan was always to go on the offensive in the first half and we should have taken the lead with two good chances we had in the first 15 minutes‚” said Mihayo (41)‚ who captained the Mazembe team that lost 3-0 to Inter Milan in the Fifa Club World Cup final in 2010.

“It was our plan to sit back in the second half‚ absorb the pressure and try to catch them on the break.

“I must give credit to my players for sticking to our tactical plan.”