Ouaddou’s Plea To Bucs: ‘We Must Get A Killer Instinct’

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Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has stressed the importance of his team finding their killer instinct after their 2-0 win over Magesi FC on Saturday evening.

First-half goals from Yanela Mbuthuma and Relebohile Mofokeng were enough to secure the win at the newly-branded Orlando Amstel Arena.

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“I’m just happy about the points, the victory was important, in front of our fans for the first game at (renamed) home. I think guys were executed the plan, we wanted to press them to open them very high, not to let them breathe in terms of counter-pressing, not to leave space,” Ouaddou told SuperSport TV.

“We achieved it well, in terms of entries in the last third, I think it was top but we need to see the data, but we made a lot of entries, opportunities in that case I think we have to definitely improve in that area because maybe we could’ve scored six goals today.

“Every point, goal will be important at the end of the season that’s why I’m very happy about the boys I have, I congratulate them but I have a little bit a test we could’ve scored a lot more, but let’s keep going, let’s keep going, I think the guys did well.”

The Buccaneers coach was happy with the dominance on the day, but feels they need to be more ruthless in the box.

“The take away is that the team spirit, it’s what we’ve been working on it since the beginning of the season. As you can see that the unity and solidarity in the team how we chase together to recover the ball is fantastic,” he added.

“The way we kept the ball today, I think it’s something we can build on it but we still need to finish the opponent in the last third and to have this killer instinct in the box, but there’s lot of positive things. I think there’s a big, big hope for our team for the future.”

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