Kaitano Tembo Says A Draw Was A Fair Result!

Kaitano Tembo Says A Draw Was A Fair Result! Matsatsantsa drew 1-1 with Orlando Pirates at the Lucas Moripe Stadium yesterday.

Despite The Buccaneers creating a flurry of opportunities, Tembo reckons a draw was a worthy result. SuperSport could’ve had a penalty for a foul on Bradley Grobler according to the Zimbabwean coach.

“I think same as the game against Chiefs we didn’t have a good start defensively. We were looking shaky. We didn’t manage our distances properly. We knew they would want to spin and get the space behind. We allowed them to play between our lines,” Kaitano Tembo told SuperSport TV.

“And the goal which we conceded, soft goal. But I think second half we were much better. We had more width, especially when we brought in Manziba. He gave us more speed going forward and a bit of quality on the ball which we lacked in the first half.

“Kuda in the first half couldn’t even really get on the ball because he couldn’t find space.

“Overall, a game of two halves. I thought maybe we could have got a penalty there but I’m not so sure. From where I was standing I thought it was a penalty. But overall a 1-1 is a fair result.

“We knew. But sometimes it’s about the players. We’ve got to implement that and when you not switched on the opponent takes advantage of that. But we’ll have to continue working and focus on our next game.

“I thought Tebza gave us a bit more energy in midfield which we didn’t have with Lucky and Sipho,” said the Zimbabwean tactician.

“Sipho plays at a very slow pace and sometimes he doesn’t allow us to go forward as quickly as we want to because he slows things down. And that’s why we couldn’t really come out of our defensive third because of our slow build-up.

We couldn’t find our forward players as quick as we can. And joining up as well Lucky and Sipho were not doing that. Because we needed one of them to get closer to the strikers.

“Second half was better when we brought Guily. He gave us that quality. He got behind Mako a lot of times. I knew that he was tired a little bit because he hasn’t played in six months. As well as Tebza. But it’s good to see them back. And I think they will give us more options going forward.”

Kaitano Tembo Says A Draw Was A Fair Result!