Cape Town - Former Orlando Pirates head coach Milutin Sredojevic on Sunday won his first trophy with Egyptian side Zamalek, just two weeks after his appointment.
Zamalek were crowned Egypt Cup champions as Sredojevic guided his new side to an emphatic 3-0 win over Pyramids at the Borg El Arab Stadium, on Sunday.
Youssef 'Obama' opened the scoring in the 51st minute before Achraf Bencharki scored a brace to ensure victory for the White Knights who lifted the trophy for the second consecutive season - and the 27th time in the club's history.
Sredojevic was delighted with the victory after the final whistle and took to Twitter to thank the club's fans and his technical team. He went on to say that it was his 16th major trophy in Africa since 2001.
In contrast, Orlando Pirates have failed to win a major trophy since lifting the Nedbank Cup in 2014. With the only accolade being the fan-driven 2019 Carling Black Label Cup in the 2019/2020 curtain-raiser.
The Buccaneers have just one win from six matches in all competitions since Sredojevic's departure and sit in 10th position in the league standings - five points behind pace-setters Kaizer Chiefs.
Sport24 revealed that the Serbian was appointed on August 19 after resigning as head coach of the Buccaneers, citing a family bereavement, and was accused of sexual misconduct shortly after his exit.
Working in African football since 2001 this is my 16major trophy in 5 different https://t.co/0e4zWeXdfP has special value&specific weight as it comes after some clouds of doubts elsewhere,Zamalek is existing 108 years&since 1922(97years)this is 1st cup won without goal conceded pic.twitter.com/AhUdLhkt5a
— MICHOcoach-WOLF OF SERBIA (@michocoach) September 9, 2019
Thank you supporters for support, management for managing, technical team for serving the team but our players are absolute heroes of the day for up to last detail executed tactical plan and convincingly won Egyptian cup against very well coached top quality team of Pyramids 3-0 pic.twitter.com/M8eBQwMjih
— MICHOcoach-WOLF OF SERBIA (@michocoach) September 8, 2019
It is honour and privilege to coach a walking legend of Zamalek and Egyptian football our captain SHIKABALA serious guy from Aswan otherwise extended hand of coaching on the field of play keeping club and supporters at heart giving his best for the team to win Egyptian cup.... pic.twitter.com/0JFXCgNmu6
— MICHOcoach-WOLF OF SERBIA (@michocoach) September 8, 2019
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— Zamalek SC (@ZSCOfficial) September 8, 2019
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— Zamalek SC (@ZSCOfficial) September 9, 2019
Compiled by Baden Gillion