Apr 18, 2021 - 09:48 pm By Staff Reporter
Maritzburg United coach Ernst Middendorp said his side should have capitalised on their good start to the game against Orlando Pirates.
A brace from Vicent Pule guided the Soweto giants to a 2-0 victory over the Team of Choice in DStv Premiership action on Sunday night.
Maritzburg went toe to toe with Pirates for the entire first half but took their foot off the pedal in the second half, something which irked Middendorp after the full-time whistle. We started definitely in a very good way and we should have processed it in a way to have a lead at least, Middendorp told SuperSport TV.
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Josef Zinnbauer’s Orlando Pirates side were handed a footballing lesson at the hands of Mamelodi Sundowns on Thursday night in the Nedbank Cup after going down 4-1.
Orlando Pirates are chasing a CAF Champions League spot and head into this evening’s clash in fifth on the log standings with 35 points, five points behind second-placed AmaZulu.
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On the flip-side though, Amakhosi’s play can, at times, be predictable when either Nurkovic or Castro are playing – both are big strong men with good heading technique, and as such, there is always the temptation – or likely even the instruction from the coaching staff - to get the ball forward as quickly as possible and to try and hit one of the big men with aerial passes towards the opposition box.
It s something which the Glamour Boys did to great effect last season under coach Ernst Middendorp, when Nurkovic’s 13 league goals nearly fired the Soweto side to the league title.
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