Josef Zinnbauer Concedes DSTV Premiership Title!

Josef Zinnbauer Concedes DSTV Premiership Title! Orlando Pirates defeated Bloemfontein Celtic 1-0 yesterday.

Fortune Makaringe scored the only goal of the game in a tense encounter. A solo run matched by a solo strike from outside the box beat Jackson Mabokgwane.

Celtic went down to 10-men in the first half when Ndumiso Mabena saw red for a dangerous tackle on Linda Mntambo.

Pirates coach Josef Zinnbauer admitted that the league is too far away from them at this point.

“Difficult game. Not the best performance from us. But recently we had a lot of games and here we didn’t play so well but we have three points,” he told SuperSport TV.

“We can discuss against 10. But sometimes it’s more work against 10 players. Not a good performance from us but we are happy with three points. It was important for us.

“Now the players can rest. You can see they are very tired.

“We have not enough points we can talk about the top of the log. It’s not possible.

“We look from game to game. We have also the cup in the handbag.

“We have to see what happens in the future. When we come closer, we can talk about title.”

Orlando Pirates welcomed back Tshegofatso Mabasa and Gabadinho Mhango after missing through injury.

“We have two more players. We want to change earlier but we delayed the change till later.

“We are happy next week, we will get more players. Monyane was on the bench, Monare will come back,” the Orlando Pirates coach concluded.

The Buccaneers moved up to third and one point behind SuperSport United. Pirates will be concerned about securing a CAF Champions League spot in 2^nd place.

This will mark huge improvement as they have already secured the MTN 8 this season. Josef Zinnbauer Concedes DSTV Premiership Title!