Title race not over, insists Pirates’ Ouaddou after Sundowns defeat

Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou during the Betway Premiership match against Mamelodi Sundowns at FNB Stadium on Wednesday Photo: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou insists that the title race is not over after his side suffered a 2-1 defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns in their Betway Premiership clash at the FNB Stadium on Wednesday night. ” And 13 games, I think, I have to say, 13 or 14 games. “For me, we still have to work to give everything because you can have many surprises in football, and we have to fight until the end of the league.

This is the message that I want to give. “This is the message that I want to give, the PSL is a very good league with good teams, and we wanted to avoid this scenario, but it happened and it’s not the end of the world, we have to keep working and keep believing,” added the Moroccan. Meanwhile, Ouaddou refused to blame his players for switching off while referee Jelly Chavani allowed play to continue following a penalty appeal.

Pirates players were still appealing for a penalty when Brayan Leon opened the scoring for Sundowns in the 37thminute. for a for a foul on Maswanganyi inside the box