Jose Riveiro Dejected After Orlando Pirates Stumble in Botswana!

Jose Riveiro Dejected After Orlando Pirates Stumble in Botswana! The Buccaneers suffered a shock defeat over the weekend.

Orlando Pirates lost 1-0 away to Jwaneng Galaxy in their CAF Champions League qualifier yesterday afternoon. Head coach Jose Riveiro was lost for words after the final whistle.

Jwaneng Galaxy 1-0 Orlando Pirates – CAF Champions League Qualifier

The Buccaneers were high in hopes and confidence ahead of the encounter. However, it was Daniel Msendami who gave the hosts a well-deserved lead. 

The game ended as is, after the visitors failed to equalize.

“A cup game, a knockout game, typical. 

“We didn’t start [well]. I don’t know if the approach of the mindset [was] proper to what the game requires. 

“Our level of aggressiveness in the duels was not good enough in the first half. Jwaneng were more aggressive than us.

“Little by little they were pushing the game to their side [so that] they can have more hope to win it. One transition in one set-piece [that was] really badly defended [by Pirates players] allowed them to take the lead and from that, as usual we started a different game.” He elaborated

The Buccaneers will hope to turn the tie around in the second leg.

“1-0 isn’t the result that we were looking for, but we knew that it’d be difficult to decide the game here for both sides. We still have to play one more game.” 

The Buccaneers will face Mamelodi Sundowns on Wednesday night in the DSTV Premiership. Jose Riveiro Dejected After Orlando Pirates Stumble in Botswana!