Solomon Ogbeide, coach of Lobi Stars during the 2019 TOTAL CAF Champions League match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Lobi Stars at the Lucas Moripe Stadium, Atteridgeville on the 09 March 2019 ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
According to the SowetanLIVE, tempers flared after Mosimane accused Ogbeide of refusing to shake his hand when the two sides met in the away leg in Enugu in the beginning of the year.
Ogbeide said there was a misunderstanding about a training venue in Enugu.
“In Nigeria there was an argument when Sundowns wanted to train early on an artificial pitch‚” he said.
‘‘I asked my boys to leave the field and called Sundowns to train but they refused. I refused to shake his hands in the first match in Nigeria but it is in the past,” said Ogbeide.
“After the match here I tried to shake his hand but he refused and I said ‘OK‚ I am not your wife’.”
Mosimane insisted that the match had graduated from being just a game between two clubs and had become a tussle for national pride.
“It is about the national agenda and the flag‚ you remember the story of who is better between SA and Nigeria‚” Mosimane said.
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