Jose Riveiro Brags Ahead of Orlando Pirates Clash With Mamelodi Sundowns in PSL

• Jose Riveiro has clarified some notions parading the South African football media ahead of Orlando Pirates' big match against Mamelodi Sundowns in the Betway Premiership
• The Spanish mentor addressed the issue of being under pressure to compete with Masandawana this season as they are defending the PSL title for the eighth time
• The Sea Robbers head coach also bragged about managing the Soweto giants and he's in no was feeling more pressure ahead of the Sundowns' clash

Orlando Pirates manager Jose Riveiro has bragged about coaching the Sea Robbers ahead of their tough tie against Mamelodi Sundowns in the Betway Premiership this weekend.

The Buccaneers are following the Brazilians closely on the Premier Soccer League table this season, and a win against them at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium could send a message that they are ready to dethrone the defending champions.

The Soweto giants are six points behind Masandawana and have one outstanding match, and they could be behind by nine points if they lose this weekend.

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Riveiro brags ahead of Sundowns vs Pirates clash

According to Afrik-Foot, Riveiro, speaking ahead of the match, bragged about coaching a top side and a winning team.

The Spanish tactician insists he doesn't feel any added pressure battling Sundowns for the league title this campaign.

“It’s the same pressure since the day I became Pirates coach. I’m managing Pirates, I’m managing a champion team, I’m coaching a winning team. Everybody is expecting us to improve the history of the club, to get trophies,” the former Celta Vigo Youth coach said.

“We’re trying, and we’re having a superb start, we are in February, but we can still talk about the start of the league because we are at gameweek 13. But at the same time, we are battling against many good sides – one of them is champions over the last seven seasons."

Speaking further in the press conference ahead of the match, Riveiro claims he's confident Orlando Pirates can overtake Sundowns in the Betway Premiership title race this season, despite being six points behind the Brazilians on the log.

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"Though we've started the season well, and we're still some points behind Mamelodi Sundowns but we are not going to stop, we will keep fighting and hope we are lucky with positive results every gameweek," he added.

Sundowns are yet to lose a home match in the Betway Premiership this season, which makes Pirates task in getting a positive results against them more difficult.

This match could be the first time both teams will playing draw this season in the league.

Ex-Chiefs forward rates Maswanganyi ahead of Zwane

Briefly News also reported that a former Kaizer Chiefs forward has rated Patrick Maswanganyi as a better footballer than Sundowns' Themba Zwane.

The two Bafana Bafana stars are rated as one of the best players in the PSL, but the ex-Amakhosi star is going for the Orlando Pirates star as the better player.

Source: Briefly News