On Friday, Orlando Pirates and Polokwane City played to a 1-1 draw at
Orlando Stadium. After Patrick Maswanganyi put the Buccaneers ahead in the
first-half, Rise and Shine equalized through Mashikinya in the
second-half.
Speaking after the game, Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro expressed his
disappointment at not capitalizing on their chances to get the win. “Very
tough game, we did the most difficult thing to get the lead, then we
didn’t manage well to consolidate the result, they found a goal in a lost
situation, in the second action, a bit lucky,” he said.
Riveiro added that the team had created enough chances to have scored more
than one goal. “Again one point, we’re not satisfied with a point but it
is what it is. I think we did enough to score more than one goal, we
couldn’t capitalize one more time.”
The Spanish tactician also acknowledged that Polokwane City could have
punished them in the first-half but they were unable to capitalize on
their chances. “And they could have punished us in the first half, in one
or two transitions where we were not defending well but I think the
second-half maybe a bit tired after 60, 65 minutes. And they found one
action, 1-1, they celebrate, we don’t, we move.”
City frustrate the Buccaneers 🚧
Orlando Pirates held to a draw by Polokwane City in the #DStvPrem at the Orlando Stadium ⚖ pic.twitter.com/9nNDdpMFll
— SuperSport Football ⚽️ (@SSFootball) October 27, 2023
