Pirates zoom in on CAF Champions League
Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou says the CAF Champions League will be their focus this season.
The defending Betway Premiership champions failed to impress last season and were eliminated in the preliminary round.
This has affected their seeding for this season.
The Buccaneers are in Mauritius for the first-round preliminary stage this coming weekend, hoping to qualify for the group stage.
Pirates have had mixed results in the CAF Champions League in recent years.
They’ve appeared in the competition 10 times since 1997 but have been knocked out in the preliminary round four times in their last six appearances.
Ouaddou says they need to set the record straight.
“It’s only the beginning of the season.
The boys are doing well.
We are following the momentum, the tempo.
A lot of important games are coming, and the big test is coming.
I think MTN will be really a good game.
We expect a lot of South African football lovers to come and watch that game.
It will be the real first test.
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