{"id":23402,"date":"2026-02-06T12:56:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/algerias-mc-alger-coach-targets-crucial-win-before-sa-trip-to-face-sundowns\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:12","slug":"algerias-mc-alger-coach-targets-crucial-win-before-sa-trip-to-face-sundowns","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/algerias-mc-alger-coach-targets-crucial-win-before-sa-trip-to-face-sundowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria\u2019s MC Alger coach targets crucial win before SA trip to face Sundowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MC Alger head coach Rulani Mokwena says his team\u2019s focus is on results, not sightseeing, as they prepare for a decisive CAF Champions League clash.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian side take on Sudan\u2019s Al Hilal tonight in a must-win group stage match to keep their hopes of reaching the next round alive. Next week, MC Alger will travel to South Africa (SA) to face Mamelodi Sundowns in Pretoria in their final group fixture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MC Alger are level on four points with Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s St Eloi Lupopo and sit just one point behind SA\u2019s Sundowns, making tonight\u2019s encounter critical.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mokwena said his players must show resilience and determination.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe spirit of perseverance, the spirit of not giving up, the spirit of honesty and integrity, we are hoping to carry that spirit for 90 minutes and give ourselves the chance to qualify for the next round with a trip to SA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added humorously that the trip south would be strictly business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise, it would be nice to take the players on a safari. I don\u2019t want to take the players to meet my parents in SA. I want to go to SA to get three points. Whether or not we go on the safari to get three points depends on what happens tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23403,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-23402","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"MC Alger head coach Rulani Mokwena says his team\u2019s focus is on results, not sightseeing","published_date":"2026-02-06 14:50:49","news_description":"MC Alger head coach Rulani Mokwena says his team\u2019s focus is on results, not sightseeing","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26382,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23402\/revisions\/26382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}