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Coach José Riveiro of the Orlando Pirates has given up on his team’s chances of winning the DStv Premiership after their recent defeats.
Polokwane City and the Pirates played a 1-1 draw at Orlando Stadium on Friday night in the league. The Limpopo team’s late goal by Mashikinya overturned Patrick Maswanganyi’s goal.
The terrible result absolutely mocked Riveiro’s pre-match comments that they might still catch up to log leaders and reigning champions Mamelodi Sundowns.
The Brazilians are the favorites to win a record-tying seventh straight championship, and the Pirates are fifteen points behind them with one game left.
After his team had lost three straight league games, Riveiro, a formidable figure on the sidelines, declared outright that they were hoping to win the title following the Polokwane encounter.
The Spaniard replied, “No!” when asked if his squad will still be in the running for the title this year.
Given that he has personally witnessed the challenges his side faces in winning a string of league games, Riveiro isn’t concerned about points at this time. Instead, he believes that scoring is the primary reason behind their problems.
Do any of the points concern you? The points don’t need to concern me. A figure or an intangible object. So I shouldn’t be concerned,” Riveiro retorted.
“I could be concerned about the assignments we have to finish this week and the fact that we’re having trouble. We would prefer more regularity and clarity in the aims, but they are neither.
That is a disadvantage in a game similar to football. I’m so busy that I’m not thinking about the challenges. It is imperative that the obstacles we encounter in games remain novel and never the same.
Zakhele Lepasa scored 10 goals in his first eight games, so the Pirates’ main issue early in the season was not a lack of goals.
