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UJose Riveiro uthi akajahile ukuqopha umlando ne-Orlando Pirates, kodwa ufuna ukunqoba indebe ye-Nedbank.
I-Pirates ishaye iMarumo Gallants ngo 1-0, izobhekana ne-Kaizer Chiefs kowamanqamu.
Umqeqeshi we-Orlando Pirates, uJose Riveiro uthi akanandaba nokuqopha umlando, ufuna ukunqoba isicoco se-Nedbank Cup kuphela.
AmaBhakabhaka angena kowamanqamu okwesithathu kulandelana ukunqoba ngo 1-0 iMarumo Gallants e-Orlando Stadium. UKabelo Dlamini ushaye igoli elilodwa esiwombeni sokuqala.
I-Pirates isiwine izicoco ezimbili zokugcina ze-Nedbank Cup, kodwa uRiveiro uthi akukho mayelana nokuwina esesithathu kulandelana.
“Lesi isicoco esibalulekile,” kusho yena. “Ezinye ziyizikhumbuzo.”
Uthe akuphathelene nodumo. “Imvamisa, siyaqhudelana. Siyakukhathalela esikuzuzayo, kodwa asicabangi ngakho ngaso sonke isikhathi.”
Wengeze wathi: “Kumnandi ukuba kowamanqamu, kodwa uma sekuyisikhathi sokuhamba siyoqhudelana sizonqoba.”
URiveiro uthe ukunqoba futhi kuyingxenye yomsebenzi. “Ngeke ngisho ukuthi kuyisibopho kodwa yingakho silapha.”
Ebheka emuva kowandulela owamanqamu, uRiveiro uthe i-Pirates ikufanele ukunqoba.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi siwulawule kahle umdlalo. Sakhe okungaphezu kokwanele ukushaya amagoli angaphezu kwelilodwa,” esho.
UGallants uvule kakhulu ngesiwombe sesibili, okwenze iPirates yathola amanye amathuba okushaya amagoli.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi sekukonke bekuwumdlalo omuhle futhi besifanele ngokuphelele ukungena kowamanqamu,” esho.
I-Pirates izobhekana ne-Kaizer Chiefs emdlalweni wamanqamu eMoses Mabhida Stadium, eThekwini ngomhlaka-10 kuNhlaba.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Abadlali be-Orlando Pirates bejabulela ukunqoba kwabo iMarumo Gallants kowandulela owamanqamu.
Umthombo wesithombe: Orlando Pirates