A Pyramids official has made an surprising admission about Orlando Pirates ahead of their second leg of the CAF Champions League semi-finals set to be played in Egypt.
Pyramids will welcome the Buccaneers at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo for the highly-anticipated clash on Friday, 25 April.
The two sides played to a goalless draw in the first leg at the FNB Stadium last Saturday, however, the visiting team netted two goals that were disallowed by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
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In preparation for hosting the Sea Robbers, Pyramids sporting director Moatasem Salem, has acknowledged that the Jose Riveiro-led team tends to be dangerous when playing away from home.
The South African giants remain the sole team that has not lost in this season’s Champions League and are now 90 minutes away from a possible final.
Bucs defeated Al Ahly and CR Belouizdad in their stadiums during the group stage and triumphed over MC Alger in Algeria in the quarterfinals.
Consequently, Salem has cautioned Pyramid to exercise extra caution as he emphasizes that Pirates are strong outside of Orlando Stadium.
"Jurcic, the Pyramids coach, does not change the team's playing style except in the narrowest limits, according to the circumstances," Salem said, as quoted by TwaslNews.com.
"Orlando are dangerous outside their stadium, as they have shown since their group stage matches, and they play better outside their stadium.
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"Orlando is good at playing big matches, as we saw against Al-Ahly in the group stage," he added.
"But Pyramids learned from previous lessons and from their exit from the group stage of the African Championship last season and gained great experience."
