Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has revealed one area that his team must improve in order to win the league next season.
The French-Moroccan tactician was appointed by the Buccaneers, replacing Jose Riveiro who left at the end of the season to join Al Ahly.
He’s tasked with continuing where Riveiro left off, winning five trophies with the club and guiding the club to second-place finish twice in a row.
Having completed his first week of pre-season, Ouaddou wasted no time in outlining precisely where his players need to elevate their performance to be true title contenders.
He meticulously detailed his overarching game model, illustrating how these targeted improvements are integral to achieving their league-winning ambitions.
‘WE CAN GO FORWARD TO WIN THE LEAGUE’
“I like the philosophy of a positional game, possession, the wish to go to score. You can see (Pirates) scored a lot of goals and every year they come close to the leader,” Ouaddou said in an interview on Pirates TV.
“But in the same way, we need to improve some areas, where if we manage to improve that area, I think we can go forward, to win the league.
“And when I speak about these areas, it's defensive transitions maybe, try to work on that, try to work together as a unit. It's a good team, we have to keep the legacy, keep the work that's been done.
“Usually when a coach comes into a club, he wants to destroy everything. We have to be clever, to analyse what's good, build on this foundation that's done by the previous coach and the previous coaches as well.”
