Head coach Ernst Middendorp says Cape town Spurs deserved their point against Orlando Pirates on Wednesday night.
Spurs went behind early in the game after Relebohile Mofokeng gave Pirates the lead but Gadiel Michael salvaged a point for the Urban Warriors with the equaliser 14 minutes before time.
Spurs have collected seven points from a possible nine since the league resumed and are now two points adrift of 15th-placed Richards Bay.
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"Fully deserved point for us, in certain moments I thought we should have done better, ironically we started playing better what's our potential when we were 1-0 down," Middendorp told SuperSport after the game,/
"Of course first 20, 25 minutes you get the pressure, movement from the guys we didn't do everything right, corrected it a little bit, came, I think fully deserved coming back into the game, one point for us it’s fantastic.
"It's very difficult because it's a very young team, match management, you want to expect at 21, 22 it's a bit difficult but they do, they listen to it, they transfer ideas into the game, not jumping out into open spaces particularly centrally and wait for the right moment," he said.
"And I think in the first-half, we even had it in the second-half also and that what soccer is about, it's about really doing the right stuff, in the right moment, with the right timing and ja the chemistry is good, the social competence of every player in the team is good."
The former Kaizer Chiefs coach continued and said he's pleased with the points they collected and that their only target for the season is to survive relegation.
"And ja we have now three games, our points, what we were looking for, to get out of it, to put the light on in the basement and I said before the game and I'll repeat it. It's our job from the technical team side not to allow that we're going into a comfort zone. If you're living in a comfort zone you lose your potential," he went on.
"If we can make it through to stay in the league, in whichever way that's the only target, nothing else," he added.
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