The victory took Pirates to the top of the table with four wins from four as they moved to 12 points.
FILE. Orlando Pirates Coach Jose Riveiro has sung the praises of his troops following their 2-0 win over SuperSport United which sent the Soweto Giants to the top of the Betway Premiership table. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane Independent Newspapers.But it was the nature of victory, with 57% possession and 15 shots to the eight of SuperSport that pleased Riveiro the most.
“We had to deal, I don't know if that was the intention from the beginning, but maybe because of the ball we had to deal with high pressure from the start. I think we did a good job even though we made a couple of mistakes in our build up, that gave them the opportunity to create some problems. “I think the first half was quite under control. There was a moment in the end that we defended, a little bit too low and we tried to correct it in the second half. Then they changed to a back three early in the second half, and we were not defending exactly the way we wanted.”
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