Orlando Pirates will travel to Spain once again for their pre-season training in the next few weeks.
Although the club has yet to confirm its pre-season plans, English League One side Bolton Wanderers announced that it will play the Buccaneers in July.
In a statement, the former English Premier League side announced that the pre-season match against Orlando Pirateswill take place in Spain.
“The trip will conclude with a friendly fixture against South African giants, Orlando Pirates.
“The match against the Buccaneers will take place on Friday, 11 July, with an 11am local time kick-off at the Marbella Football Centre,” the club said.
“Founded in Soweto in 1937, Orlando Pirates are one of South Africa’s oldest and most successful clubs. Known as ‘The Buccaneers’, they have won nine domestic league titles and are one of the few clubs from the Southern Hemisphere to have won the CAF Champions League, lifting the trophy in 1995.
Orlando Pirates to travel to Spain for their pre-season training
“The fixture is given extra resonance by the shared history of defender Mark Fish. The South African international became a champion at Orlando Pirates, winning the African Champions League in 1995, before joining Wanderers two years later after a spell with Italian giants, Lazio.”
In the past two years, Orlando Pirates have had their pre-season training in Spain under Jose Riveiro. With the Spaniard gone, the Buccaneers will head to the country for the first time without the 49-year-old. The Soweto giants are expected to announce their pre-season plans this week.
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