Pirates had been knocked out of the Caf Champions League by Jwaneng Galaxy on Friday.
Jose Riveiro has taken the blame for Orlando Pirates’ exit from the Caf Champions League.
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The Sea Robbers bowed out of the competition after they misplaced 5-4 on penalties to Botswana’s Jwaneng Galaxy at Orlando Stadium on Friday.
“We have a really sturdy group, and we all know how one can deal with ourselves in these troublesome circumstances. So, all gamers are nice. But they’re having a troublesome night time. It’s going to be a protracted night time, a sleepless night time (final Friday), particularly for the coach, it’s my accountability.
“They did everything in order to be in the next round, and I couldn’t help them enough to get a better result. But as I said, we have a strong group and we are going to take care of each other because we know what’s coming,” stated the Bucs mentor.
Meanwhile, Jwaneng coach Morena Ramoreboli says he was stunned that Riveiro didn’t carry on Monnapule Saleng within the recreation as he was anticipating the attacking midfielder to offer them issues.
But, he reckons Riveiro was in all probability saving Saleng for Bucs’ conflict with Mamelodi Sundowns within the last of the MTN8.
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“I honestly thought Saleng would come in because of how they were playing it was more of his game. Utilising the width more and creating the 1v1s. But maybe for reasons known to the coach and they are playing in the final (MTN8), the coach decided he can’t risk all his players,” stated the Jwaneng mentor.
“But during the game, I thought Saleng was going to come in because Pirates wanted to stretch us so that they can play in the box. So, I felt that he was going to give us a problem. It happened when Kimvuidi came in, they needed someone who would hold the ball more and Karim Kimvuidi was giving them that.”
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