Pirates will today start their Group B campaign against AC Leopards in Dolisie, Congo-Brazzaville.
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“Our objective was to get to the group stages and to play teams such as this one," Tinkler said ahead of the 16h30 [SA time] kick-off at Denis Sassou Nguesso Stadium.
“We reached that objective. Now what is important is that as we have worked extremely hard to get this far, now we need to go all the way and reach the semi-finals and hope we reach the Final.”
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Meanwhile, the former Bafana Bafana midfielder is determined to show Bucs chairman Irvin Khoza he made the right decision to keep him at the helm for next seaon.
“I'm very proud and very thankful to the chairman for showing the faith in me,” Tinkler said.
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“But that doesn’t mean the work stops now. The work continues, in fact it gets even harder to put in more effort and ensure that we get the club where it belongs.”
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