Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has reacted to his side's defeat to Sekhukhune United in their Betway Premiership opener on Saturday night.
Eric Tinkler's side made it two successive wins at Orlando Stadium after Siphesihle Mkhize's solitary strike secured a 1-0 victory.
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Despite ending up on the losing side, Ouaddou felt the Soweto giants put in a solid performance on the night and urged his players to keep believing.
“Of course, we are disappointed when we see the physionomie of the match, I think we were dominant. We created a lot of chances, very important chances that we could’ve scored,” Ouaddou told SuperSport after the game.
“But it’s the way of football when we are not decisive in the box in the finishing of course the opponent can have some chances and they had one chance they put it on the set-pieces.
“So, yeah but a lot of interesting things we have to keep believing. It’s the beginning, of course we wanted to show a lot of faith today to win again to confirm again.
“But the team played well. We were very good organised, created many chances, played some nice football. But let’s keep believing,”
He continued, “I think when you see the behaviour of the players during the game, the intensity they put, we needed just to score because yeah, we hit the post, we had the last pass maybe a lack of finishing.
“But let’s focus for the next game, it’s the beginning, nothing is lost. I think we have to believe,” Ouaddou said.
