Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro says he finds it difficult to explain how his team lost 1-0 to Cape Town City in the Betway Premiership match at Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday night.
Darwin Gonzalez scored the only goal of the match as he also did when City defeated Kaizer Chiefs by the same margin.
This was the Buccaneers second defeat of the season, and saw them miss out on moving to the top of the Betway Premiership log table.
Pirates missed many opportunities, especially in the first half and Patrick Maswanganyi missed a penalty in the second half.
“It’s a difficult game to explain, honestly! One-nil and three points for Cape Town City but I don’t know how to describe what happened tonight,” Riveiro told the media during the post-match press conference.
“Too much difference between both teams. A game that we should have put to sleep nice and early in the first half. We had many chances, clear ones, many box entrances, and balls under control in the box with all the time to finalise the actions in the first and second half.
“But it was definitely not our day. But then one of those games that maybe you finish 0-0 and you say hard luck but it was even more difficult to swallow with the way that we conceded one goal.
“A tough game to assimilate, and to understand, but at the same time I’m extremely proud of these boys and the way they are pushing and playing football, and determination that they have in approaching the games. Even though I’m not happy with the results, but it is a winning performance but we could not capitalise from what we created.”
Written by: Diski Voice
