South Africa's new 'cup kings' will have a chance to put a star above their badge after SuperSport United beat Club Africain to seal a place in the final of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup where they will face Congolese giants Tout Puissant Mazembe.
SuperSport are appearing in a first continental final, but for their coach Eric Tinkler, it is a second in three years after he guided Orlando Pirates to the decider in the Confederation Cup in 2015 before losing 2-1 in aggregate to Etoile du Sahel.
Tinkler learnt a lot from that experience and although Mazembe's greater experience in continental football arguably makes them favourites in the final, SuperSport have already shown this year they are a match for the men from Lubumbashi.
The two legs of the final will be played on consecutive weekends on November 17-19 and 24-26, with SuperSport at home in the second of those, a potential advantage to them.
They have already been to Lubumbashi once this year and came away with a 2-2 draw in the group phase, while the home match in Pretoria ended 0-0.
Two similar results would suit SuperSport again as they chase the $1.25-million first prize.
The 3-1 victory in Rades against Club Africain on Sunday showed everything there is to know about this SuperSport side.
They are well organised, work hard, defend well, have pace on the wings and two expert finishers in strikers Jeremy Brockie, the leading scorer in the competition with 10 goals, and Bradley Grobler.
They used all of those attributes to good effect to seal victory in Tunisia, and Tinkler says his tactical plan worked well.
"I think the first 30 minutes of the first half, I thought we were very good. I thought we showed great composure on the ball," Tinkler was quoted by KickOff.com.
"The decision-making was very, very good. We knew they would come and play a 4-3-3 formation, we just weren't too sure whether they would play with three defensive midfielders or two defensive and one attacking.
"I think the fact they played with defensive midfielders actually played to our advantage. That meant they would be sitting back and looking to only really hurt us on the counter and I thought we dealt with them very well in the first 30 minutes."
That is not to say there were not nervy moments, especially when SuperSport took the lead through Grobler, a goal that spurred Club Africain forward.
"We created chances, we got the lead and immediately after scoring we changed the way we played. I think the players to a degree started to panic a little bit. We started just knocking long balls and that was playing straight into their hands.
"The response from the players in the second half was exceptional. We started showing the same intensity and composure.
"We landed up changing the formation going with three at the back, playing with a 3-5-2 and were now looking to break on the counter against them. We ended up getting the third and possibly could have got more.
"So I'm extremely proud of the performance of the team. It's been a long run to get where we are and we thoroughly deserve to be in that final."
It is now the fourth time in the last five years that a South African side has made the final of an African club competition, a sign of the resurgence in influence from the country's clubs that had waned in the previous decade.
Orlando Pirates reached the 2013 Champions League and 2015 Confederation Cup final, the latter with Tinkler in charge, but lost both to Al Ahly and Etoile du Sahel respectively, while Mamelodi Sundowns claimed the 2016 Champions League against Zamalek.
SuperSport have made a name for themselves in recent times as South African cup kings with the Confederation Cup final now the fourth time in as many knockout tournaments that they have reached the final.
Already this year they have won the Nedbank Cup and MTN8, and lost in the final of the Telkom Knockout in 2016. Months before that, they had also claimed the Nedbank Cup in 2016.
It is also some justification for Tinkler, who was much-maligned for an 18-month spell in charge of Pirates despite reaching a number of cup finals.
He went on to guide unfancied Cape Town City to third-place in the league and the Telkom Knockout last season, beating SuperSport in the final, and has now also had instant success with Matsatsantsa.