Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro believes his side can turn around their 1-0 first-leg deficit against Jwaneng Galaxy on Friday.
The Soweto giants host Galaxy from Botswana in the return leg of the CAF Champions League second preliminary round at Orlando Stadium (19:30).
Jose Riveiro has challenged his troop to stage a comeback on their own turf as they need to win by a 2-goal cushion to advance to the Champions League group stages.
Orlando Pirates head into this all-important game on the back of three defeats in a row in all competitions. They lost to Jwaneng, Mamelodi Sundowns and Stellenbosch FC.
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“Look, it doesn’t matter; it’s about us tomorrow to perform our best,” said Riveiro.
“It’s a home game against a good team, an opponent that is already leading 1-0. It’s a challenge, but we love the challenges.
“This one is an opportunity to prove that even in difficult circumstances, we can make it, we can be our best version tomorrow and the games we already played in the competition are not going to play tomorrow, it won’t be played tomorrow.
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“What happened in Botswana is in the past and tomorrow we have the opportunity to write an important page in the club history, for our future, for many things like you hear with the captain, the players really want to go to the competition [group[ stages] and test themselves and test themselves against the best teams in the continent.
“So if tomorrow we don’t get a result that we’re not wishing, it’s not because of a lack of trying everything, it’s going to be difficult for us but it’s going to be even more difficult for the opponent for sure.”