Magesi FC coach Clinton Larsen was proud of his team’s efforts to come back to secure the win and lift the Carling Knockout Cup trophy.

The Limpopo-based outfit secured their maiden top-flight title after securing a 2-1 victory over Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday.

Goals from Tshepo Kakora and Delano Abrahams cancelled out Iqraam Rayners’ opener as Magesi held on to secure the win and trophy at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein.

Larsen says that Sundowns were the better team but felt his side put on a great performance, which ‘resurrected quite a few careers.”

“It’s called a fairytale isn’t it? I’m just happy for the players,” Larsen told SuperSport TV after the game.

“I’m so hard on this group of players, sometimes I’m just not fair. But I’ve got to be that way because we’re not the most talented group and it’s efforts like this that can reward us with results.

“I’m very happy for them. So many of this group of players have been written off by previous clubs. We’ve resurrected quite a few careers.

“But happy for the Chairman, management, supporters and I also want to congratulate Mamelodi Sundowns and their coach for the great team they are.

“We suffered, they were a better team by far, I think the stats are going to show. We [won] against a quality team. A little bit of luck got us the result.”