Al Ahly Suffer First League Defeat of the Season, Pitso Mosimane Blames a Congested Schedule for the Loss

• Pitso Mosimane's Al Ahly side were beaten by a single goal by Al Masry in the Egyptian Premier League
• Pitso Mosimane blamed a busy football fixture list for Al Ahly's first defeat this season in the league
• Al Ahly next face Raja Casablanca in the first leg of their CAF Champions League quarter-final game

Al Ahly have suffered their first defeat of the Egyptian Premier League season, losing to Al Masry by a single goal.

Egypt’s Red Devils face Raja Casablanca in the CAF Champions League but questions are still being raised over the defeat to Al Masry.

Following the loss, Mosimane was called into a meeting with Al Ahly’s President, Mahmoud El-Khatib, Soccer Laduma reported.

The meeting was also attended by the club's director of football and members of the board, with the loss featuring among the items discussed. While it was only their first domestic loss of the season, the club has not been their usual dominant selves in competitions. The two defeats to Mamelodi Sundowns also added to the pressure to perform.

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The loss meant that Al Ahly and Zamalek are level on points at the top of the league, with Pitso's side playing a game less.

Mosimane blamed the league loss on Al Ahly’s congested fixture schedule though.

“Al Masry’s match is our third in seven days, after a difficult match against Sudan’s Al-Hilal and another against Ittihad of Alexandria,” Mosimane said.

“If it (the Al Masry match) was played at another time, you would’ve seen more fight, as the players did in the previous encounters,” he added.

Despite the numerous success that Mosimane has achieved with Al Ahly, pressure is still on him and the side to perform at the highest level. Mosimane hasn’t won over all of the fan base and even former stars don’t think he’s the best to ever coach the club.

As reported by KingFUT, former Al Ahly player, Wael Gomaa, believes that Mosimane is not the best head coach that the club has ever had.

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Pitso Mosimane has been nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award, Jingles needs your votes to win

Al Ahly coach, Pitso Mosimane, has been nominated for another prestigious award, but this time it isn’t for football. The Al Ahly coach has been nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award in the Favourite African Star category, The South African reported.

Other South Africans nominated in the same category are Focalistic, Major League DJz and Makhadzi, The Citizen confirmed. This is the first time that Pitso has been nominated for the award.

Pitso’s agency, MT Sports, took to Twitter to confirm Pitso’s nomination and ask fans to vote for him. The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards will be broadcast on NickToons (DStv Channel 308) and Nickelodeon (DStv channel 305) on 13 April, Sports Brief reported.