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Galaxy look to break African Stars' 'low-block'

We go again: Galaxy and African Stars will face off in the second leg PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
We go again: Galaxy and African Stars will face off in the second leg PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Jwaneng Galaxy coach, Morena Ramoreboli, is looking for ways to penetrate a defensive African Stars ahead of the second leg of the CAF Champions League preliminary round.

Galaxy trail 1-0 going into the return leg to be played at the National Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The winner will move closer to the group stages of the Champions League with a two-legged second-round fixture to come. Last Saturday, Ramoreboli's side was beaten by an early goal in a tie that had a handful of chances. African Stars took the lead inside the first five minutes and held on to protect the goal for the entire match. The local champions dominated the Namibian side but struggled in the final third and Ramoreboli has since said he knows what to expect from his weekend's opponents. "I can tell you now they have one goal going into the next match; they will not change how they play.

They are still going to play with that low block, and that is how they play most of the time," Ramoreboli said. So it simply says we need to be ready for counter-attacks, and we need to be ready again for that low block," he said after the first leg loss. He, however, said it is more of his team's own doing than a brilliant performance from the opposition as his side eyes progression into the second round. "We want to progress to the second phase and for us to progress, it means we need to give more than what we have given and try to correct mistakes and aspects that led us to lose the match. Again, we need to understand that we are playing a very structured team; they believe in that low block, and they master it.

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