Another terrible news hit the Orlando Pirates, as Jose Riveiro has sorrowfully announced…
Zakhele Lepasa’s brace and Monnapule Saleng’s incredible goal gave the Buccaneers a 3-0 lead early in the first half.
After 40 minutes, John Maduka had to make four substitutions as a result, and his team managed to recover one goal before halftime.
Pirates were unable to extend their lead in the second half, and Royal AM responded with a goal in the 88th minute following a blunder by goalie Sipho Chaine. Bandile Shandu then made it 4-2 in injury time.
Riveiro expressed his dissatisfaction with the second half’s open play after the game.
SuperSport TV said, “I think we should have finished the game early; we had many, many opportunities to end the opponents’ hopes.”
However, we play the game virtually until the very end. I didn’t enjoy it; the second half was a little wild.
“With a 3-1 lead, we should have controlled the game much more, but we also need to learn from these contests.”
“We need to enforce our tempo at that precise point because it happens a lot in this league when the game is fractured and moving side to side in the second half. We had the chance to do it today, but we squandered numerous chances to complete the game and score the fourth goal.
“Our opponents responded well to the 3-0 victory as well, so they should be pleased with their performance today.”
In addition, Riveiro said that he felt his team performed better in their 1-0 loss to Stellenbosch FC on Saturday but that they were more efficient on Tuesday.
“We played a lot better two days ago than we did today, to be honest.”
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“However, we created more opportunities today—one penalty, one transition, and one ball behind the line—and we were more accurate in those attempts, but we weren’t as much in control as I would have liked.”
