If happiness was a football club, that club would be Orlando Pirates.
The Buccaneers completed their successful 2022/23 season by lifting the Nedbank Cup after beating Sekhukhune United 2-1.
Having won the MTN8 earlier in the season, Pirates also finished second on the log, earning themselves a place in the CAF Champions League.
Jose Riveiro, who is in his first season with Bucs, and also in the running for coach of the season, should be commended for the brilliant work he has done with the club.
To achieve what he achieved in his debut season is no small feat.
It is in the way he went about winning the double and qualifying for the CAFCL that Riveiro has been impressive.
Amabhakaniya play attractive, attacking football that maximizes the strength of their players.
Defensively, they are solid, which speaks volumes about Riveiro's tactical acumen. To achieve the kind of balance between offensive and defensive play he has been able to achieve is not an easy thing to do. But the Spaniard has done it with aplomb.
It is his players that Riveiro is proud of, whom he says they did everything, and everything they did!
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"My players did everything, it’s not easy to play in an exciting day like today,” said Riveiro as quoted by iDiski Times.
"We are learning, we are getting better. We want to play more finals, so this is going to be a good learning process for us.
"I’m extremely happy with the victory, as you can imagine, for everybody, for the fans, for the people in the club, family, friends."
With the kind of performances they displayed this season, one can boldly say that Pirates will be the team to beat next season.
If Riveiro, once called a 'plumber', can achieve what he achieved in his first season, more can be expected from him, a league title maybe?
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