Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has opened up on the club’s designated penalty takers after Ghampani Lungu missed his spot-kick in the MTN8 final.
Masandawana opened the scoring via Teboho Mokoena, however Pirates had a huge chance to come back into the game in the 60th minute but Lungu missed his penalty.
After the match, Ouddou confirmed that Lungu was the designated penalty taker on the pitch, ahead of Oswin Appollis.
“He’s one of the designated takers,” he told SABC Sport.
“Of the players he was first in the takers. After we have Appollis, we have…
“It’s moments like that, it’s football. We have to respect.
“Congratulations to Mamelodi Sundowns. Of course we are disappointed but in football you have to be fair play.
“For us, we have to continue to work and people are going to see a fantastic season because we are not going to give up.
“And we are going to try to keep our title.”