Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro was delighted to have collected maximum points against a “tough” side like TS Galaxy. This comes after the Buccaneers beat The Rockets 2-0 at the Mbombela Stadium on Tuesday night to make it six wins in six Betway Premiership matches. Thalente Mbatha and Relebohile Mofokeng scored the goals for Pirates and Riveiro was happy with the “massive three points” against Galaxy.
ALSO READ: Pirates coach Riveiro hails Makhaula after TS Galaxy win “It’s the game we expected. Every time we come here to Mpumalanga to face Galaxy it’s always a very tough one. They’re an extremely difficult team to play against,” said Riveiro after the match.
“They push you to play at a very high tempo throughout the 90 minutes, and the moment that you want to slow down the game and control it, they don’t allow you to do it. “You have to keep going and today we did a fantastic job in terms of work ethic, and consistency and we didn’t concede goal chances, even though Galaxy managed to dominate us, but without creating so much danger,” he added. “It’s a massive three points for us.
We came here with the mentality to collect three points knowing it’s going to be difficult and we lost here 1-0 a few months ago. But this time it’s for us, and I think it’s a well-deserved three points after a good performance.” Riveiro also praised Mbatha’s contribution to the team after the Bafana Bafana midfielder opened the scoring for Pirates with .
