Orlando Pirates likely to stick with Orlando Stadium for Confed Cup final

09 October 2015 - 13:49 By Mark Gleeson

Orlando Pirates will not formally decide on where they are to stage the first leg of the African Confederation Cup until an internal club meeting next week‚ but administrative manager Floyd Mbele says there are unlikely to deviate from a winning recipe. That means the match against Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia can be pencilled in for the Orlando Stadium on the evening of November 21.“Nothing has been decided yet and we will probably only finalise everything by next Wednesday. But I doubt there will be any sudden deviation from what we have been doing all along‚” he said.“We beat Al Ahly at Orlando just a few weekends ago. I don’t think any other venue is an option.”Pirates beat Al Ahly 1-0 in the first leg of their semifinal at the venue before going on to a sensational 4-3 away win in Sunday’s second leg in Suez to book their place in the final.They also hosted Al Ahly in the final of the African Champions League two years ago at the Orlando Stadium but on that occasion were held to a 1-1 draw and went on to finish runners-up after going down 3-1 on aggregate. ..

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