Riveiro explains reason behind Orlando Pirates Spain tour

Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro has revealed why his side opted to travel to Spain for their pre-season tour.

The Buccaneers ended the tour unbeaten while facing high quality opponents in Marbella, Spain.

Jose Riveiro’s side beat both Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ecuador’s Independiente Del Valle while drawing against LaLiga’s Las Palmas in their final encounter.

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“I think we got almost everything that we will face during the season. I’m happy to see the team competing well against all of them and I will say also pushing a bit far from their limit, from what are used to.” Jose Riveiro told iDiskiTimes.

“You cannot compete against those teams if you’re still in your comfort zone and I think they managed to represent South African football very well.”

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Chippa United coach Morgan Mammila is not losing sleep ahead of his side’s clash against Kaizer Chiefs in next weekend’s DStv Premiership opener.

According to Mammila, Chiefs are ‘very easy to play against’, which makes preparations for the match simple.

Molefi Ntseki will take charge of his maiden official game come next weekend after being promoted to head coach at Naturena.

But Mammila is not expecting Ntseki to bring anything new to Kaizer Chiefs.

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“Very easy team to play against, very easy. You know them, we all know them, we know their advantages and disadvantages.” Mammila said as quoted by IdiskiTimes.

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Kaizer Chiefs have taken their opening home fixture of the 2023/24 season to KwaZulu-Natal.

Molefi Ntseki’s side face Chippa United on 06 August 2023 in their opening DStv Premiership match.

The match is set to be played at Chiefs’ ‘home away from home’, the Moses Mabhida Stadium!

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Kaizer Chiefs will host Chippa United at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on 06 August 2023 according to IOL.

The Glamour Boys will undoubtedly be hoping to hit the ground running under new head coach Molefi Ntseki.

Chiefs finished in fifth place last season under Arthur Zwane.

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