"... I told you I would whisper to this sleeping giant, and one day it might respond. And it responded. We are the champions and we deserve it." Mosimane, who came close to league titles in charge of Matsatsantsa between 2001 and 2007, became the first black SA coach to win the PSL title.
PITSO Mosimane whispered to a slumbering giant, and it responded, was how the Mamelodi Sundowns coach described his side's Absa Premiership league title victory.
Downs went to an unassailable 64 points with a stirring 3-0 victory against SuperSport United at Loftus Versfeld on Tuesday.
"My first six months was to put out fires," said Mosimane, who took over from Johan Neeskens halfway through last season, when they were in last place.
"For this season we needed to get players who could score goals. So we went out to get the players we think are good finishers.
"... I told you I would whisper to this sleeping giant, and one day it might respond. And it responded. We are the champions and we deserve it." Mosimane, who came close to league titles in charge of Matsatsantsa between 2001 and 2007, became the first black SA coach to win the PSL title. He had to settle some clear nerves at half time on Tuesday, with the score 0-0.
"You could see the players were nervous. I was nervous too," he said. While Mosimane's open cheque book is the envy of rival PSL coaches, a feature of his pre-season signings was the quality of players he brought in, especially in finishers such as Cuthbert Malajila, Dove Wome and Katlego Mashego. He said he laid out a blueprint for winning the league to president Patrice Motsepe and the Sundowns board.
Pitso power: sleeping giant responds to whispers
"... I told you I would whisper to this sleeping giant, and one day it might respond. And it responded. We are the champions and we deserve it." Mosimane, who came close to league titles in charge of Matsatsantsa between 2001 and 2007, became the first black SA coach to win the PSL title.
PITSO Mosimane whispered to a slumbering giant, and it responded, was how the Mamelodi Sundowns coach described his side's Absa Premiership league title victory.
Downs went to an unassailable 64 points with a stirring 3-0 victory against SuperSport United at Loftus Versfeld on Tuesday.
"My first six months was to put out fires," said Mosimane, who took over from Johan Neeskens halfway through last season, when they were in last place.
"For this season we needed to get players who could score goals. So we went out to get the players we think are good finishers.
"... I told you I would whisper to this sleeping giant, and one day it might respond. And it responded. We are the champions and we deserve it." Mosimane, who came close to league titles in charge of Matsatsantsa between 2001 and 2007, became the first black SA coach to win the PSL title. He had to settle some clear nerves at half time on Tuesday, with the score 0-0.
"You could see the players were nervous. I was nervous too," he said. While Mosimane's open cheque book is the envy of rival PSL coaches, a feature of his pre-season signings was the quality of players he brought in, especially in finishers such as Cuthbert Malajila, Dove Wome and Katlego Mashego. He said he laid out a blueprint for winning the league to president Patrice Motsepe and the Sundowns board.
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