Leal cautions Bucs to work hard
Julio Cesar Leal during the Orlando Pirates media open day at the Johannesburg Stadium on August 03, 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Image by: Duif du Toit / Gallo Images
Image by: Duif du Toit / Gallo Images
Coach Julio Leal has warned his MTN8-winning Pirates side not to allow their excitement to negatively affect tonight's Absa Premiership match against Santos.
After being crowned Top 8 champions at the weekend, with a 1-0 win over Chiefs, Pirates host Santos at Orlando stadium.
The coach said tonight's match would help them switch their focus to defending their league title.
The Buccaneers were beaten 2-1 by Maritzburg United in their last league match four weeks ago.
"We played for 120 minutes against Chiefs and we won an important game. But we have to be careful not to allow the excitement of the past to interfere negatively with the future," said Leal.
"We still have a lot of areas we need to work on .
"The last time we played Santos [Top 8 quarterfinal] we had to score in extra time to win convincingly."
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