Rhulani Mokwena dominated the pre-match hype with his comments about Kaizer Chiefs, and Milutin Sredojevichas now dedicated the Soweto Derby win to his assistant coach.
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The Buccaneers claimed the spoils in the derby on Saturday afternoon, after coming from behind to defeat Chiefs 2-1 at the FNB Stadium.
Pirates have now moved to within a point of Absa Premiership leaders Bidvest Wits, but Micho opted to praise Mokwena.
"The biggest game in South African football always comes with tension, stress and pressure. We have planned well during the week to keep the concentration but it was not meant to be in the first 20 minutes. We had not been ourselves. It looked like the occasion locked our legs," Sredojevic told SuperSport TV after the match.
"We went one goal down. We came back and won that penalty. And when a team misses a penalty it's very hard to come back. But unbelievable character of our team worked very hard. We scored two goals quickly leading 2-1.
"We believe that we have protected the lead very well and won this game. I need to give credit to my players, they have worked very hard and football paid them back. To the technical team, especially to Rhulani Mokwena who grew up as a kid in Soweto. I knew what this meant to me and to him. If us, the technical team, the players have to to dedicate this win [to someone] let us dedicate this to him [Rhulani Mokwena] because he has worked very hard for this to happen today," the Serbian tactician said.
