Orlando Pirates prepare for a tricky CAF Champions League clash against Djabal Club d'Iconi
By Neo Poho
Orlando Pirates begin their CAF Champions League campaign with a tricky encounter against Djabal Club d'Iconi in the first leg of first preliminary round in Moroni on Saturday afternoon.
With the Buccaneers having enjoyed a good start to the 2023/24 PSL season so far, head coach Jose Riveiro has confirmed that he will refresh his team on Saturday after fielding the same starting XI in all the four games Pirates have played so far this season in a space of 11 days.
Riveiro revealed that the changes he could make on Saturday would depend mainly on the game plan they opt to adopt on the day, mentioning that he has sketchy information about Djabal.
"We have the opportunity to refresh the squad and to refresh the starting XI for the next game, so we need to discuss and decide how much we need to do it, sometimes it's not a rotation but we just change because we need something different or because we play with a moment of form of our players.
We are going to play a different type of game in a different type of environment and there's going to be adjustments for sure and it's tricky because we don't have much knowledge about our opponents as well," Riveiro said.
While the Soweto giants have also confirmed that Miguel Timm is among those nearing full fitness after returning to training, along with the likes of Kabelo Dlamini and Vincent Pule, Riveiro will be hoping the likes of Thembinkosi Lorch and Kermit Erasmus will also be returning soon.
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