Despite losing three games in a row across all competitions, Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro believes that there was an element of luck for his opponents.
The Spanish-born mentor told journalists at a media day held by the club this week, that there is a percentage of luck needed to win some games.
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"Think about those three goals we conceded in the three games. Against Jwaneng it was a mistake then they scored. We are playing according to our plans. We are attacking and next few minutes, the ball is in our net in a situation where we are defending six against two if am not mistaken," the coach said to journalists.
"Against Sundowns again, we have a comfortable position around the middle of the park and five seconds later we are conceding a penalty.
"Against Stellenbosch we clear a ball from a corner, there is a rebound and the shoot touching one of our players and it's in the net. They have two players out of the box to shoot with, no-one taking the rebound, so there are specific scenarios in 90 minutes.
"Sometimes lack of concentration and also the opponent doing small details is something difficult to make sense of what is happening in the game.
"There is that small percentage of luck you need in the last touch, rebound, interception that don't work in games. But it's not that our opponents outplayed us. They don't outplay us," the coach concluded.
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