Live: Orlando Pirates vs La Cure Waves — Follow scores, goals, updates, CAF Champions League result

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Live: Orlando Pirates vs La Cure Waves — Follow scores, goals, updates, CAF Champions League result
Orlando Pirates players celebrating a goal, image: Pirates

Welcome to Afrik-Foot’s live coverage of Orlando Pirates against La Cure Waves, as the two sides meet in the second leg of their CAF Champions League first preliminary round tie at Orlando Stadium.

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Kick-off in Soweto is set for this Saturday, and we will bring you every key moment as it happens.

Pirates carry a goalless draw from the first leg into the return fixture, a result that leaves the tie finely balanced despite Abdeslam Ouaddou’s side dominating territory and chances in Port Louis.

Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou and his players in training.
Coach Abdeslam Ouaddou and his players in training. Image: Orlando Pirates

The Buccaneers sit second in the Betway Premiership, unbeaten across all competitions this season and fresh off a 4-0 thrashing of Kruger United, but top scorer Gamphani Lungu remains a serious doubt after being stretchered off with a leg injury in that game, with Yanela Mbuthuma’s five goals this season making him the likely focal point in attack.

Yanela Mbuthuma of Orlando Pirates controls the ball against Sekhukhune United.
Yanela Mbuthuma controls the ball against Sekhukhune United. Photo: Orlando Pirates

La Cure Waves, making history as first-time CAF Champions League entrants, produced a disciplined defensive display to frustrate Pirates for ninety minutes in the first leg, despite squad members reportedly balancing football with jobs paying as little as R5,000 a month.

Head coach Jerome Thomas has been candid about the gulf in resources, admitting his side are “not at the same level” as their hosts, but the away goal they banked means anything short of an emphatic home win keeps the tie alive.

Orlando Pirates training, image: Pirates
Orlando Pirates training, image: Pirates

There is no prior head-to-head between the clubs beyond this season’s tie, with Pirates chasing a return to the group stage after back-to-back preliminary and knockout exits in recent campaigns, and La Cure Waves playing their first-ever competitive match against South African opposition just five days ago.

Stay with us for team news, build-up and live updates as Ouaddou and Thomas’s sides look to settle the tie in Soweto.

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