Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro claims that the interruption caused by a floodlight failure at Harry Gwala Stadium in the first half affected the rhythm of his team.
Pirates lost 1-0 to Maritzburg United on Sunday night courtesy of a penalty that was scored by Amadou Soukouna in the last 10 minutes of the game.
“At this moment the summary I think quite good at the beginning of the game until the load-shedding,” Riveiro told SuperSport TV.
“After that we were not in our best not solving well the pressure from Maritzburg in the first half, without so much depth in our attacks.
“So we didn’t play so much time in that half. The second-half was totally different, only one team on the field looking for the result,” he said.
“So in the end one detail changed the game, it looked like it was going to end nil-nil because one more time we didn’t have our day in the last minutes. And like I said one detail changed the result for the opponent,” he added.
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