It was always going to be a battle of wits.

And it turned out exactly that way — that is, the Caf Champions League quarterfinal first leg between reigning champions Al Ahly and Mamelodi Sundowns at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday.

For me the game looks over for Manqoba Mngqithi’s team, after Sundowns former head coach Pitso Mosimane, now mentor of the Egyptian giants, outwitted Mngqithi, co-head coach Rulani Mokwena and senior coach Steve Komphela...