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Jose Riveiro Laments the Fixture Congestion of Orlando Pirates!

Jose Riveiro Laments the Fixture Congestion of Orlando Pirates! The Buccaneers claimed a pivotal win over Bahlabane Ba Ntwa recently.

Jose Riveiro Laments the Fixture Congestion of Orlando Pirates! The Buccaneers claimed a pivotal win over Bahlabane Ba Ntwa recently.

Orlando Pirates defeated Marumo Gallants 1-0 in the DSTV Premiership on Wednesday night. Head coach Jose Riveiro believes that tiredness is already beginning to creep into his players.

The Bucs have played twice a week every week since the PSL returned at the beginning of the month. This has seen fatigue begin to show itself on his players.

Paseka Mako scored the only goal of the match just three minutes into the encounter. However, the hosts were unable to dominate possession and consequently, create any opportunities in the match.

Jose Riveiro Laments the Fixture Congestion of Orlando Pirates!

“We knew the capacity of Marumo to hold the ball, to keep the possession, we couldn’t today, that’s a fact,” Riveiro told SuperSport TV after the win.

“We couldn’t dominate the game through possession, it’s a lot of events, recently a lot of games, it’s difficult to keep the same level in every game.

“Today it was impossible, just be better defending as we were doing in the recent games, be solid even though they have the possession.

Jose Riveiro Laments the Fixture Congestion of Orlando Pirates!

“They didn’t create a single chance maybe sometimes around set-pieces but nothing really concrete and it was a pity we couldn’t consolidate the advantage in one of our transitions.

“We got more control in the end, lots of accidents in the second half so, so quite many adaptations to the situation inside the game.

“Extremely happy with the three points, seven points out of nine after our defeat here against Chippa. It tells a lot about the personality of these guys and the comeback we did during this week.”

The Buccaneers sit at the top of the table, having played a game extra to their opponents. Jose Riveiro Laments the Fixture Congestion of Orlando Pirates!

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