Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro says they have shown that they can compete in the big games following their draw against Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday afternon.
The MTN8 semi-final encounter between Pirates and Sundowns will be decided in the second-leg after both sides could not get on the scoresheet in the first leg.
Read: Pirates Downs draw first leg at Orlando
The Spanish tactician felt his side not suffer against the South African champions, but felt they could have done better with the transitions.
"Intense, with small or short moments for every team but most of the 90 minutes, most of the time during the 90 minutes quite equal," Riveiro told SuperSport TV.
"I think the first half was really under control, we didn't suffer so much or at all I have to say, to control the situation in our offensive phase
"And we got enough also in attack to create some problems, we really not clinic in our transitions in the first half.
"Second half they started better or I have that feeling the beginning was better, Mokoena was creating problems for us to defend, we became a bit low in our block.
"But after we correct the situation, okay there's always threats with [Peter] Shalulile running behind and they brought a lot of quality from the bench as well.
"But overall I think the game that everybody expects, equal and with Pirates showing that we can compete also in these type of games, we're going serious."
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