Riveiro believes can nonetheless fulfil their dream of taking part in within the Caf Champions League subsequent season.
Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro has not given up hope of ending the DStv Premiership season in second place.
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The Buccaneers blew an opportunity to transfer second behind league champions Mamelodi Sundowns once they suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Richards Bay at house in Orlando on Saturday night.
With second-placed Stellenbosch FC having misplaced 2-0 to Moroka Swallows earlier within the day, a win in opposition to the Natal Rich Boys would have seen the Buccaneers transfer second and lead Stellies with two factors with two video games to go earlier than the top of the season.
Riveiro, nonetheless, believes that each one just isn’t misplaced for Pirates and so they can nonetheless fulfil their dream of taking part in within the Caf Champions League subsequent season, including that they’ve been in an analogous place earlier than and so they managed to obtain their aim.
“This situation is not new to us, we’ve been through it before where we had to win all the remaining games. We had the chance [to win the game] today because we had complete control of the situation, but we couldn’t. But we have two more games to rectify the situation and I think the [winner] of the second position will be decided on the last day [of the season],” stated Riveiro throughout a post-match convention.
Riveiro added that they’ll do an goal evaluation of the sport in opposition to Richards Bay to see what wants to be rectified earlier than their subsequent recreation in opposition to TS Galaxy in Mbombela on Saturday.
“Like I said, we have the opportunity to do an objective analysis of the game, and show the players, we are still performing the same way as in the previous seven games where we got the results.”
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The Spanish coach admitted that the loss was a tough tablet to swallow, however added that there isn’t any time for them to really feel sorry for themselves as a result of not all is misplaced for the Buccaneers.
“The only difference today, we didn’t score, we didn’t manage to put the ball in the net like in the previous games, but everything else, the concentration, the pace, the desire, the level of aggression – everything was there. That’s why I said, in my opinion, it’s a defeat that won’t affect us at all, there’s not going to space to feel sorry for ourselves.”
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