Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro has explained where he felt the Buccaneers got it wrong against Richards Bay.
The Buccaneers were held to a 0-0 draw by Richards Bay at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday evening. Pirates' coach Riveiro has explained why his side failed to collect all three points.
"We played a very complete first half," Riveiro said at his post-match presser.
"Usually we talk about the last touch, but our chances today were more about maybe the second-last touch - to precipitate in the last third without good efficiency in the last 30 metres, where we are usually quite accurate, but not today.
"So, even though I think we were very close to finding a goal in the first 30 minutes, we should have done much better in my opinion."
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The draw was an even bitter pill to swallow for Pirates' supporters when considering that the away side was reduced to 10 men after Siyanda Msani was sent off in the first-half.
"After the red card, the game changed totally. It was a long time for the opponent to deal with one man down," added Riveiro.
"All the teams in the world usually do what Richards Bay did here today: delay, play [waste] time, close spaces. The spaces we used in the first half.
"The second half was totally different, the spaces were not there anymore. We didn't have as much space and so you need to be very precise, you need to be patient, you need to work by some certain spaces and we were not consistent."