Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro says coming from behind to beat Mamelodi Sundowns is not for everyone.
The Buccaneers secured their second trophy of the campaign after defeating Sundowns 2-1 in the final of the Nedbank Cup on Saturday.
The Spanish coach has now secured four trophies in two seasons with the Buccaneers.
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"Have a look, happiness, we gave our all, that's what the people were expecting from us, happy people looking at us today and we did it. To come back in a game against Sundowns is not made for everyone," Riveiro told SuperSport after the game.
"It's an excellent team, they made us suffer a lot during the 90 minutes. We had our moments during the game but again we tried our best to see our people happy.
"So congratulations to them, everyone involved in this project, the chairman, the management of the club, all the players that were part of this season, which is not a small number, congratulations to the coaching staff and congratulations to me as well."
The Buccaneers coach also opened up about the plan involving Relebohile Mofokeng and Tshegofatso Mabasa coming off the bench.
"We didn't expect to use him (Mofokeng) when we were not leading, it was not the plan. Unfortunately we concede one goal, we were about to play Tshego and Rele but the intention was to keep the pace upfront, with (Deon) Hotto, with (Monnapule) Saleng, with Rele and them, try to stretch them as far as possible," Riveiro said.
"It's a team that is used to play very high, with the back four very high. So we tried to repeat something similar again, we had our opportunities in the first half we didn't capitalize. In a perfect moment he's a blessed guy, what a goal! Unbelievable," he added.
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