Jose Riveiro - Photo Courtesy Orlando Media.
Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro believes his side did not deserve to lose in their Betway Premiership fixture against Cape Town City on Wednesday.
Pirates endured a tough return to domestic league, going down 1-0 to Cape Town City. It was a disappointing outing at DHL Stadium for the visitors, who were not short of opportunities throughout the 90 minutes.
“I cannot do an analysis here right now,” Riveiro told SuperSport TV as quoted by idiskitimes. “It’s actually quite difficult to explain the final result, I think the difference between both teams was too big this time.
“With all respect for the game of Cape Town City, it’s difficult to explain that we lost this game the way we did it. But this is football, they managed to put one ball in the net, we didn’t but a very complete performance, we did everything to win the match, not much that you can do.
“So, to the next one.”
On the missed penalty, Riveiro said: “It’s just pure bad luck in this case, did you see the way they score? It’s something not normal. Again, like I said, we were Pirates tonight, we played the football that we played before.
“There were other game that we didn’t play at the level we played tonight where we got the result, but today we didn’t make it. Now we have to put our name onto the next one, this one is gone.”
Pirates dropped points for only the second time this season, faltering in their attempts to go top of the table. City meanwhile grabbed another three points as they emerged victorious for the second time in as many games in 2025.
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