Big Three involvement in title race good for SA football – Pirates coach

Abdeslam Ouaddou, coach of Orlando Pirates Photo: Gerhard Duraan/BackpagePix “It brings value to South African football. You cannot have a team dominating for decades, winning the league with 20 points. It is not entertaining.

You even lose interest in football. So, I think it’s good that now we have maybe three teams fighting for the title,” said Ouaddou. Meanwhile, despite his team scoring six goals in two games in Durban last week, Ouaddou is not satisfied with his team’s finishing.The Buccaneers beat AmaZulu 2-0 in a league match at the Moses Mabhida Stadium midweek before handing ABC Motsepe League side Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) a 4-1 drubbing in a Nedbank Cup last 32 clash at the same venue over the weekend.But despite these convincing victories, Ouaddou was still not happy and urged his side to be more ruthless in front of the goal.

“If you look at the data. How many shots do we take at goal, and how many chances do we create to get into the final third? You will realise quickly that this is simply not enough,” said Ouaddou.“The numbers don’t lie, so we need to finish goals off,” added the Moroccan coach before revealing what he told his players before the game against TTM. “I told my players that the only way to respect these kinds of teams is if you have to score six or seven goals, then you do just that because it’s the law of football.”