Jose Riveiro Pleased with Performance & Result from Orlando Pirates!

Jose Riveiro Pleased with Performance & Result from Orlando Pirates! The Buccaneers marched onto the next round of the top 8.

Orlando Pirates defeated Royal AM 2-1 in the MTN 8 to secure a semi-final spot. Head coach Jose Riveiro was happy with the performance his team showed.

These two teams faced each other for the second time in two weeks. The Bucs grabbed their second successive win over these opponents.

Pirates took an early lead through Vincent Pule. Thabiso Monyane made it 2-0 just after the second half started.

Shaune Mogaila halved the deficit, but Thwihli Thwahla could not find the equaliser.

“Ja well again extremely happy with the result but more than that extremely happy with the performance today,” the Spaniard told SuperSport TV after he victory.

“I think we did it very well in different phases, the game has different moments, both teams with different approaches. We got an advantage very soon which us very important in these types of games.

“Because the opponent needs to immediately react and play more open. It was a pity that we could not finalise the game before, with some transitions we had in the first half and some mistakes we provoked in the pressing.

“But we did not suffer so much, we conceded one goal we could avoid in the second action but the way these guys are fighting every three days is something to put really in value. We are very proud of them,” he added.

“It’s coming also because of the surface, if you play short passes in this ground or even total passes you need to be really careful otherwise, you’ll pay the bill.”

“And it happened a couple of times, more than the goal and it’s something we did very well in that sense, we avoided nervous things and situations where could suffer. Play more practical than usual, we were more a pragmatic team today, but I think that’s what the game was asking us to do, and we did it fantastically.” He spoke.

The Buccaneers will next play on Saturday evening. Jose Riveiro Pleased with Performance & Result from Orlando Pirates!