Mamelodi Sundowns captain Hlompho Kekana is confident that his side can overcome Al Ahly in the Caf Champions League quarter-finals first leg in Cairo.

The Brazilians were drawn to play Ahly in the quarter-finals for the third consecutive time, having met them in the same stage of the tournament in the past two editions, with each winning one of the two.

Sundowns will now face their former coach Pitso Mosimane, who left South Africa to join the Red Devils last October and Kekana admits its going to be an emotional reunion.

‘It is going to be a tricky one, and we know it is going to be more mental than tactics,’ Kekana said ahead of the first leg.

‘It is going to be an emotional match for these two teams because if you check the previous encounter, Al Ahly lost 5-0 to us, and I don’t think they are happy with that result.

‘I’m sure they will come to us knowing very well that we beat them and will try by all means to avenge that because they were not happy with that. At the same time, we are a team that is so ambitious, and we want to make sure that we win the match and take the team to the final. It is not going to be easy, but we are ready for the challenge.

‘The only difference now is that coach Pitso is there, and they are playing the same philosophy, and guys who worked with him will understand.

‘We have to celebrate, it is a match we want, and we need to celebrate. It is a big match for the club and the players.

‘It will mean more than any other match. Coaches move everywhere. We saw Benni [McCarthy] now he is at AmaZulu, he was at Cape Town City before, and he celebrated after winning the match [when AmaZulu beat the Citizens 5-1 recently],’ he concluded.