Thandani Ntshumayelo puts Orlando Pirates impressive 4-0 win over Tornado FC in a Nedbank Cup, Last 32 match on Wednesday night down to his team’s good character an attitude.

Goals from Lennox Bacela, Sifiso Myeni and a brace from ‘man of the match’ Ntshumayelo saw the Buccaneers into the last 16 of the cup competition.

Ntshumayelo, though, admits it was not easy and they had to dominate from the first whistle to avoid any upset.

“We played against a small team and in the past they have tended to give us problems,” said Ntshumayelo.

“Today we went onto the field with good character and attitude.

“We are okay mentally now, that is why we can perform every week.

“They (Tornado) had nothing to lose, but for us it is important because we are a big team.

“We had to dominate from the first whistle and we did that today.”