Jose Riveiro Pleased with Pre-Season Trip to Spain!
Jose Riveiro Pleased with Pre-Season Trip to Spain! The Buccaneers travelled to his home country for preparations.
Jose Riveiro Pleased with Pre-Season Trip to Spain! The Buccaneers travelled to his home country for preparations.
Orlando Pirates spent the last week in Spain to continue their pre-season. Head coach Jose Riveiro is happy with the work they have done in his native country.
The Bucs arrived in Europe on the 13th of July. They will depart on the 21st [Friday].
Pirates played three matches in their pre-season preparations: they won 1-0 against Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel, won 3-1 against Independiente Del Valle from Ecuador and recently drew 0-0 against Las Palmas, who play in La Liga.
The reigning MTN 8 and Nedbank Cup winners now return back to South Africa in great spirits.
“I am so happy overall with the performance during the training camp,” Riveiro told the club media.
“We had a fantastic opportunity as a South African football club to spend quality time here together thanks to the club.
“At the same time, we had the opportunity to play three quality matches where we got the chance to represent Orlando Pirates and South African football. I think we did it in a professional way with very good performances.
“I think everything so far is positive, everything is going well, getting the introduction and adaptation of the new players in the group. Now we’re ready to go back to Joburg with the feeling that little by little we are a better team.
“We played against teams that force you to play very focused and concentrated for the 90 minutes.
“This is one of the aspects where we want to improve a lot this season, to be consistent during the 90 minutes.
“There will hopefully again be many crucial knockout [and other] games where one mistake can kill your dreams, so we need to play the way we did today against a top team [Las Palmas], top tier in LaLiga, which requires a level of concentration we are not used to.
“We are learning a lot of lessons to be even more competitive than we were last season.” He concluded.
The Buccaneers will kick start their DSTV Premiership campaign away to Stellenbosch FC in August. Jose Riveiro Pleased with Pre-Season Trip to Spain!
