Orlando Pirates News Today: Ouaddou lauds ‘real warriors’ Chaine breaks record & more

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Orlando Pirates News Today: Ouaddou lauds ‘real warriors’ Chaine breaks record & more
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Latest news about Orlando Pirates in the last 24 hours including Abdeslam Ouaddou’s appreciation after win over Stellis, Sipho Chaine breaks record and many more.

Ouaddou raves about ‘real warrios’

Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou was full of praise for his players after securing a 2-0 win over Stellenbosch in Cape Town.

“We started the game like we wanted, very well organised, but with the high intensity, we knew that here we had to answer to the critical duels to the intensity, direct balls. I think we were efficient in the set-pieces in the first half,” he said after the game.

“We made some tactical adjustments in order to have this control in the second half because I thought that to keep the score or to win, we need more control. I don’t think we had this control in the second half, but it’s normal I think the opponent was pushing to comeback to equalise but it’s a fantastic result.

Evidence Makgopa and Makhehlene Makhaula of Orlando Pirates celebrate.
Evidence Makgopa and Makhehlene Makhaula of Orlando Pirates celebrate a goal against Stellenbosch FC. Image: Orlando Pirates

“It led us in the title race, the guys were very brave, I’m very proud of them. I’m very proud to be the coach of these boys, today we saw real warriors and players that clearly gave an answer we still here and we’re going to fight until the last second,” he added.

Chaine equals William’s record

Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Sipho Chaine has matched Ronwen Williams’ PSL record of 18 clean sheets in a single season.

Chaine has three league matches remaining to break the record and has already set a new club benchmark for the Buccaneers, as he has broken Moeneeb Josephs’ club record for the most clean sheets [17] in a single campaign.

Chiefs urged to stop Downs

With Kaizer Chiefs set to face Mamelodi Sundowns in the Betway Premiership, statistician Yusuf Muhammed has urged Amakhosi to play a key role in shaping the title race.

He reminded Chiefs that they previously made Orlando Pirates “work hard” in the Soweto derby and says they now have a chance to do the same against Sundowns by taking the game seriously and improving their finishing.

Muhammed also pointed to Chiefs’ history of influencing the title race in past seasons, highlighting how results against other contenders have had major impacts.

You want a team going for the title to work for the title. You made Pirates work hard, so make Sundowns work for it also. We have an opportunity as a team to give the viewers an opportunity to take the title to the last weekend,” Muhammad said on Kaizer Chiefs Radio.

“And I think we should do that, it’s very important. Take most of your opportunities, it’s something that started around the Sundowns game (in the first round) and that has gone to other games, that conversion rate, that’s when it started at the beginning of the season, creating chances and not scoring.

Ronwen Williams, Marcelo Allende and Brayan Leon of Mamelodi Sundowns
Ronwen Williams, Marcelo Allende and Brayan Leon. Photo – Sundowns

“Everybody never talks about this, but in 2010/11 (season), we basically gave Pirates the title. In our second-last game, we were playing against Ajax (Cape Town), and Ajax were running for the title against Pirates. We beat Ajax 4-0, and Pirates won and got the opportunity to get back in, so we’ve helped Pirates before; they should never say we never did them a favour,” Muhammad concluded.

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