Pirates’ defeat is ‘a national disaster! Lupopo robbed Bucs comfortably but R215M jut to win MTN8?’

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Pirates’ defeat is ‘a national disaster! Lupopo robbed Bucs comfortably but R215M jut to win MTN8?’
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Orlando Pirates‘ hope of making the CAF Champions League group stage hangs in the balance after a huge defeat against St Eloi Lupopo on Sunday.

Goals from Wanet Kashala, Dramane Kambou, and Jean Benoit Tukumbane were enough to give the Democratic Republic of Congo outfit a 3-0 win in the first leg of the second preliminary round.

It was a shocking loss to the Soweto giants, who reached the semi-final in the previous campaign. Have a look at the reactions from the Bucs' supporters. 

It happens when you fix what is not broken

South African flags must be flown at half mast as from today until Orlando Pirates meet this St. Lupopo club over the weekend. It's a national disaster –  Andy Cece Ngcobo 

That Congolese team was robbing us comfortably in their backyard without any broadcast of the match. We even have a disallowed goal. How can CAF allow such nonsense? Win or lose, we want to see our boys playing. Same nonsense that happened to Senzo Meyiwa's Pirates at DRC –  Doobsie Dons

Lebone Seema and Mbekezeli Mbokazi had eight clean sheets in a row. Let me keep quiet, the coach will learn. Jose Riveiro made the same mistake, underestimating his opponents, and we were eliminated by the Lesotho outfit  Morris Mahlangu

Away from home, you keep the CB unchanged. You reinforce it with Mbatha & Nduli. Play a “wait and see” game and decide to make changes in the second half. There's nothing wrong with a 0-0 draw away from home, but he underestimated the opponent & paid a heavy price. There's no coming back from this – Ziya

This is what you get when you are fixing something that is not broken – Simelane Sibonga·

The loss was completely self-inflicted

Abdeslam Ouaddou Orlando Pirates
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Plastic preseason MTN 8 trophy always makes Orlando Pirates think you are the best thing to ever happen to South African football –  Goitsemang Ranks

Experimenting in the most important competition makes no sense whatsoever. Seema and Mbokazi had been great at keeping clean sheets, but all of a sudden, one is dropped. Appollis is one of the best wingers in the country, but somehow he is benched.  Mbatha is also benched – Muzi Gatsheni 

Does Ouaddou know the squad was beefed up because the team was eliminated in the semi-final last year, so the board thought that if they beefed up the squad, they would boost their chances of winning the CAF Champions League? R215 million squad value just to win MTN8 is crazy business –  Mokwadi Mo

The only comeback Orlando Pirates will make is coming back from the Democratic Republic of Congo to South Africa –  Josta maBiliza Gates

This result was completely self-inflicted. Africa is the worst place to experiment. Maybe someone forced him to play Sibisi because of a clause in his contract. Seema did nothing to deserve that bench, and karma made sure that everyone knew. That's Terminator's  football – Trossard Boni

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Willis Sob is an experienced journalist who has been in the game since 2009, covering major assignments around the continent.
His hunger for African football is unmatched, always getting the best angles and facts to feed the fans and quench their thirst.

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