Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro has strongly dismissed the notion that AmaZulu have nothing to lose in the MTN8 final on Saturday.
Pirates face off against Usuthu at the Moses Mabhida Stadium looking to end their two-year drought for silverware – while their opposition lasted secured a trophy back in 1992, before the Premier Soccer League era.
However, the Spaniard says there’s there motivation and desire to lift the domestic honour would not be any less than any other team, contrary to the old adage of ‘nothing to lose’
“No I think the approach is totally wrong, if a team like Sundowns collects trophies every season, it’s because they are still hungry and that’s something very difficult to keep,” he said ahead of the final.
“Then AmaZulu, imagine one team going into the final, it’s okay to be here you know, it doesn’t matter about the result, everyone is coming in with the same thing to lose.
“We’re in the final with the same thing to lose, them and us, the exact same thing to lose, which is a trophy – it’s a title, it’s 90 minutes, 11 vs 11, so don’t tell me about favorites, or teams that are more hungry than the other because it’s not true.
“If someone feels or thinks like that, then they don’t know how a football player thinks about a game like this.”
