The coach of Dreams FC, Abdul Karim Zito, feels that Zamalek was taken aback by his strategy during the first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup semi-final on Sunday.

Sunday at the Cairo International Stadium, Zito led the FA Cup winners as they held Zamalek to a goalless draw.

Speaking with JoySports upon their arrival at Kotoka International Airport on Monday afternoon, Zito stated that Zamalek was taken aback by their strategies.

‘‘They were surprised (by our performance levels). When you look at our position in the league, it will give you a different impression about Dreams. They saw us as small boys but before they realized, they had to push and push but could not get it (the results).’’ he told JoySports.

Sunday’s draw was the first by a Ghanaian club against Zamalek in twenty seven years.

That time, it was Obuasi Goldfields who had won the Ghana Premier League for three consecutive seasons, and Champions League finalists that year, who did it.

Four years earlier in Cairo, Asante Kotoko, who had finished runners-up in the Champions League and had won the league three times in a row like Goldfields, held Zamalek to a goalless draw.

Zito is already preparing for the reversal fixture, even though he is aware of how much they have accomplished.

‘‘I will change the pattern (of play) anyway. We will not sit back (like we did in the first leg) because 1-0 score line may not be ideal.

We will both have chances but the advantage we have is that we are playing at home and they won’t have the 12th man behind them in Kumasi’’ he concluded.