Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro has questioned the players' attitudes after their 1-0 loss to TS Galaxy on Saturday.
The Buccaneers failed to climb up to second spot after back-to-back defeats in the DStv Premiership at the Mbombela Stadium.
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“I think we were not good enough to deserve a better result, the better result could happen because we had chances, territorially I think we dominated the game but not really playing the game that we wanted to play and allowing the opponents with their strengths,” Riveiro told SuperSport after the game.
“Well, deserved for them. I think what we did today was not enough if you see the match, I think you will see that it looks like Galaxy was playing for something more important than us.
“The attitude cannot be only when you are losing, the determination to be brave and play with more determination where you have nothing to lose and it’s not our aim, it’s not what we’re looking for. We’re looking for being a different team, I’m ready to lose games like I always have.
“But not because the team that is in front of you is putting more attitude, fighting more, trying to fight more than you. It might be a football discussion, not an attitude discussion. The attitude must be always there. And I think today for the biggest space of time, we were not at the level the game was asking,” he added.
Pirates go into the final day of the season with their Champions League fate out of their hands when they face SuperSport United,
“We really need to show that we really want to be there, we didn’t today. We have one more chance, we have to do a big reflection how bad we want it otherwise it’s not going to happen,” Riveiro said.
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