He said, Sead said: 'He is crying out for attention,' reckons Sundowns coach Mokwena

Rhulani Mokwena was calm, measured and even empathetic when he spoke about TS Galaxy coach Sead Ramovic, who is fanning a one-sided beef between him and the Mamelodi Sundowns coach. 

While Mokwena was in Mauritania last week – preparing the Brazilians for their CAF Champions League assignment against FC Nouadhibou, who they beat to advance to the knockout stage for a sixth season in a row – the German coach was going in on him while getting ready for Galaxy's Nedbank Cup commitments. 

Ramovic told journalists that Mokwena lied about his conversation with Bafana coach Hugo Broos, and that when he spoke about calling him, the Sundowns coach wasn't forthcoming with how the call went. 

Ramovic accused Mokwena of swearing at him, and then threatening the TS Galaxy coach by allegedly saying: "Who the f**k are you to come to my f***ing country and talk to me like this? Do you know who my parents are? Be careful how you talk because you are in my f***ing country."

The Rockets coach has since added more fuel to what is fast becoming one of the fiercest rivalries in a football coaching space that had become very cordial and friendly since chief provocateur Pitso Mosimane packed his bags and his tongue in first moving to Egypt, then Saudi Arabia, followed by the United Arab Emirates, before going back to Saudi. 

While Ramovic has kept the rivalry with Mokwena going, the reigning DStv Premiership Coach of the Season has doused those flames by not playing to the gallery when accused about his counterpart's latest salvo.

Instead, Mokwena described Ramovic's antics as a cry for attention, saying what the Carling Knockout losing finalist wants is praise, which he isn't getting from the South African media in the bucketloads he would have