Riveiro on Orlando Pirates vs Marumo Gallants

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Can the mighty Orlando Pirates step closer to another Nedbank Cup championship? Marumo Gallants will have a big say.

ORLANDO PIRATES VS MARUMO GALLANTS IN THE NEDBANK CUP

According to coach Jose Riveiro, the Sea Robbers’ progression into the CAF Champions League semifinals should provide the mettle to win Sunday’s game at the Orlando Stadium. “We took this continental competition [the Champions League] like a proper test for us to see and to understand ourselves [as to] where we are as a group,” Riveiro said via Sowetan.

“I think we’ve played 14 games in that competition [Champions League] solid, conceding only four goals, and that says a lot about how competitive we are at that maximum level and in that difficult test

“We try to use that confidence [ from the Champions League] for the rest of the competitions, and to understand that if we’re capable of being that good in that space, we can be at the same level when we are playing domestically.

“It’s a new story on Sunday … it’s a knockout game and it’s a game of consequence with only two possible results. In the other two games that we played [against Marumo in the league], there were three possible results, so this is a different story with a possibility to go to another final,” the Orlando Pirates gaffer added.

“We have a decent experience already in this type of competition, and again, we will try to recover as well as possible in a short space of time to prepare for the game as well as we can, and do our best to be in another final.”