Orlando Pirates midfielder Thalente Mbatha has bemoaned the team’s missed chances but still believes that their good away record will get them over the line.
The Buccaneers were held to a 0-0 draw in the CAF Champions League first-leg semifinal by Pyramids FC at FNB Stadium on Saturday.
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Mbatha further mentioned how the Egyptians were playing for a point considering their structure but that Pirates’ advantage is that they have already won in Cairo in this season’s competition when they beat defending champions Al Ahly 2-1.
“I believe for us that wasn’t really our day, we got the chances that we could’ve convert,” Mbatha told OP TV.
“So, since we’ve been playing away and we’ve been winning, so we take that as an advantage for us. Coz we’ve went to Cairo, and we’ve been able to get the result.
“So, for us it’s to focus and continue with the mentality that we have coz we’ve been unbeaten in the CAF Champions League, so for us it’s to go back to Cairo and do the same – apply the same mentality.
“For them, they were to man-mark us and catch us on the counter coz the right wing wasn’t tracking back with our left-back, so I believe that was their own mentality because they playing away. They were trying to secure the one point that they already have.
“So, for us was to get the advantage and score. I believe that if we got one, we were able to get more goals.”
Pirates head north of the continent to take on Pyramids at 30 June Air Defence Stadium in Cairo on Friday, 25 April.
