Mamelodi Sundowns, the rage team of the Club World Cup with which Angel Cappa was champion and faced Boca

The South African team to which social networks coined the viral nickname “Mameluco” has a peculiar bond with Argentine football, by the former hurricane and Racing runner.

Ángel cap - mondovi sundowns — Ángel Cappa during his assumption and presentation of reinforcements in Mamelodi Sundowns in 2005.

Mamelodi Sundowns He began his participation in the Club World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Ulsan Hyundai And the first competition date ended as a pointer of group F, a historic triumph that went viral on social networks.

The South African team to which social networks coined the viral nickname “Mameluco” has a Curious bond with Argentine football product of the ephemeral Paso de Ángel Cappa in 2005institution where He managed to shout champion and faced Boca in a friendly tournament in South Korea.

In an interview with Vavel In 2013, the former Huracán and Racing announced how the unusual challenge assumes and what they were directing a team despite the idiomatic barrier. “There was always talk that African football was the future of football and that Africa has potential and I wanted to meet him. I was out of work, they offered me that and I left, obviously. They gave me two years of contract, I came a year because I had personal problems and I had to get away from there And then I had a magnificent experience “.

“All that was very exciting. There was English spoke and I know four words or five. Then the first talk to the players … that day they won and when they returned I told them: 'Do you know why they won? Because they didn't understand anything. ' But I rushed them as I couldit was an experience “he recalled.

His one -year stage had a consecration, when keeping the Charity Cup 2005. After defeating Black Leopards in the semifinals, The CAPPA team beat Bloemfontein Celtic 6-5 by penalties after matching 1-1 in regular time. What would be the last Olympic return of his professional career despite being a friendly tournament.

Cappa also luxurious of seeing the faces with moutha meeting within the framework of the 2005 Peace Cupcontest that took place in Gwangju (Corea Del Sur) and was organized by the Church of the Unification of Reverend Sun Myung-Moon.

This was the triumph of Boca over the Mamelodi Sundowns de Ángel Cappa for the 2005 Peace Cup

For this meeting Alfio Basile had the best he had And he presented a titular alignment with great figures of the time such as Martín Palermo, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Federico “Pocho” Insua, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Hugo Ibarra, Rolando Schiavi, among others. An alignment that would triumph 3-1 thanks to the goals of Diego Cagna, Palermo and Neri Cardozocon Godfrey Sapula as the author of the goal of honor For the South African squad.

Shortly afterwards, Cappa would take a step to the sidesomething that DT himself explained that it was a decision based on the various problems that lived in the country. “The lack of organization was total, professionalism was just beginning. Apart, at 6 pm he had to be inside because Johannesburg is very dangerous”he expressed in a talk with The graph.

Before CAPPA's departure, the squad hired the technical pair of Miguel Gamondi and Neil Tovey, under whom they managed to shout champions of the South African premiership in the 2005/06 season, the seventh of the 18 league titles in their rich history.