Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has revealed what he told his players during half-time in the Betway Premiership match against Siwelele.
The Buccaneers went into the break trailing 1–0 after conceding an early goal, with Vincent Pule finding the back of the net.
Ouaddou said he had a simple message for the team during the break, explaining that he told his players to maintain their high intensity and continue controlling the game in order to create chances and score.
He believes their half-time discussion led to the equaliser scored by Tshepang Moremi, with Thalente Mbatha providing the assist.
“It was very simple [at half-time] because the guys did a very good first half, the bad point, we just conceded that goal on the transition, other that, in terms of controlling the game, in terms of the chances we created early in the game,” he said.
“I just told the guys to continue the intensity, to keep the control, because the chances will come, we are going to score, and it happened. And after we made a tactical adjustment to overload in the last third, I think that we could have our full-backs higher, maybe the left full back to create 2v1s on the flanks.
“It’s what we changed, maybe more initiative and more mobility to avoid, to play long balls, we wanted to find the free man to progress through the middle and get space behind the back four and I think we managed it, the goal came like that with a fantastic assist for Moremi.
“We gave the guys confidence, trust and showed them in the video that the first half was interesting in terms of what they produced, only that goal we conceded on the transition.”
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