AmaZulu coach Benni McCarthy reckons their Nedbank Cup first-round defeat to Orlando Pirates on Sunday helped them to prepare for this weekend’s CAF Champions League clash against Raja Casablanca in Morocco (Saturday, 9pm SA time).
Pirates dumped AmaZulu out of the Nedbank Cup after winning 1-0, courtesy of Deon Hotto’s goal at Orlando Stadium. Despite the defeat, McCarthy was upbeat about how his charges applied themselves, feeling the game aided them to get ready for Raja.
“There are a lot of lessons we picked up from this game that we’ll use going forward. One of those lessons is that we must improve in terms of converting chances. I can take a lot of motivations from this game because we were supposedly playing a big team in the country and what we did today is testament of the hard work and how far we’ve come along.”
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