By Tana Malinga
ALL that Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro wants is a win against a Madagascar’s Disciples FC tomorrow at the Orlando Stadium. The kickoff 19:30h00.
The two sides meet again in a space of five days and the score finished 0-0. Pirates created a lot of chances but failed to convert them. Though Pirates played well on the day, scoring one or two goals was going to do them a big favour when the two sides meet again here at home. Their supporters also are not impressed with the performance the team displayed whenever they play outside Mzansi.
Pirates captain Innocent Maela, said as a team they did not know much about their opponent. But he’s promised fans that tomorrow’s clash would be not only entertaining but it’s a must win match so that they can progress to the next round of the CAF champions League.
He said what happened to Bucs in their last year’s CAF competition was not going to happen again this year. Pirates were eliminated from the CAF league by Jwaneng Galaxy FC of Botswana in the first round of the competition here at Orlando Stadium. The scoreline was 2-1 on aggregate losing the first leg 1-nil and playing to 1-all draw at Orlando.
To avoid last year’s humiliation players have to show some hunger of wanting to win the match from the first minute of the game and not wait until it is too late to score.
However, if the opponent could score first things are going to be even more difficult for Pirates to come from behind to win the match.
Coach Riveiro said they don’t have to score a lot of goals to ensure that they are victorious on the day.
“We just have to win the match to progress to the next round of the competition,” he said.
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