This comes after Sundowns secured a convincing 5-0 victory over hosts and former champions Gaborone United in the second semi-final.

Speaking to SABC Sport, Sapula says they enter the final with plenty of respect for their opponents but will not hold back when it comes to imposing their game plan.

"At this level you know this is a CAF Champions League Qualifier, obviously the strong sides will be here, so for us we've got to focus on our own game. I mean we did our analysis and we are going to give respect to them again,” Sapula said.

“We want to give respect to all the teams that we are playing against because we've got to do due diligence work in terms of the analysis so that we know exactly how our game plan is going to be like. 

“Again, we are driven by our own ambition, we are going to remain humble and make sure that we prepare the best way possible because our objective is not reached yet because we want to win the trophy and for us to do that we need to play very well against Zesco. 

“We know it's not going to be an easy game, they are in the final on merit, they played well and won their games. So, we are gonna give respect to them but yeah we are gonna try and impose our own game and make sure that we reach our target and our objective."

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Sapula also unpacked the team's performance in the 5-0 victory over Gaborone United, acknowledging that despite the comfortable scoreline, it was not an easy encounter as their opponents pressed high during the opening 20 minutes. 

"I think the players were really good but it was not an easy game, especially in the first quarter of the game, the first 15, 20 minutes,” the coach added. 

“I think they also tried to press us high, they brought more players to press high and we struggled a bit to deal with that but we found a solution that if you bypass the first press with a chip to our midfielders, then we can turn and utilise the spaces on the side."