Fadlu Davids Disappointed In How Orlando Pirates Conceded Their Goal!

Fadlu Davids Disappointed In How Orlando Pirates Conceded Their Goal! The Buccaneers drew 1-1 against Thwihli Thwahla.

Orlando Pirates played out to a 1-all draw at home to Royal AM in the DSTV Premiership. Co-coach Fadlu Davids expressed his disappointment at more points dropped by his side.

Linda Mntambo scored the equaliser for the home side on the brink of half-time. Levy Mashiane had given the visitors an unexpected lead.

However, on the balance of play, a draw was a fair result. Both teams cancelled each other out throughout the proceedings.

Pirates could not play out from the back as they faced a very high press.

“We never really got into the game in the first minute.” Davids told SuperSport TV after the draw.

“Credit to the opponent they came pressing us. Their centre-backs stepping into midfield lines.

We didn’t really get that space.

“But we were giving away too many balls easily in the build-up phase. Not able to progress the ball from the back, to midfield and into the next line.

“So the first half was not what we really expected.

“Disappointing the way we conceded. Although we were not in the game but to concede a goal like that is really disappointing but okay,

“It’s part of the game but really fantastic second-half.

“We changed the structure a little bit, inverted our wing-backs. Really creating problems getting back into the game and really unfortunate that we couldn’t get the winner.

“Because the dominance in the second half I think we should’ve got a goal from that.

“We really need to take the positives out of this second-half performance and we have to start games better. Especially at home.

“We wanted to dominate the game but really we couldn’t put our foot on the ball but much better second-half. “That’s how we want to play, that’s how we want to dominate teams but again what’s eluding us is that final shot, we’re getting into fantastic positions, we’re unlocking teams but we’re not able to put the ball in the back of the net, it’s definitely something to work on and of course starting games better.” He said.

The Buccaneers are now behind Kaizer Chiefs on the league table. Fadlu Davids Disappointed In How Orlando Pirates Conceded Their Goal!