Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro has seemingly questioned the players' attitude after the defeat to Sekhukhune United.
The Buccaneers suffered their first loss of the year after going down 2-1 to Sekhukhune on Saturday evening.
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The Spaniard felt his side played well on the day but felt they needed to take more risks earlier in the game.
"We played well after the goal, we played very shy before the goal, I think that's the summary of the game; lots of doubt in the build-up, in the first 30 minutes, even though there were a hell of spaces and opportunities for us," Riveiro said on SuperSport TV.
"But we couldn't, we were not in the right space to do it. We conceded one goal and then the game became different after that, we were not shy anymore and I think we generated a lot of football today to get a reward but it was impossible.
"We did a lot of touches in the last 30 minutes of the match and we're going (home) with zero (points).
"It's not because of the names on the field, it's because of the attitude, 1-0 down you have nothing to lose and you start to play with a little bit more risk but we need to assume those risks early in the game when we're nil-nil because that's our intention when we're coming to the games," Riveiro went on.
"And today we just gave too much to Sekhukhune in the beginning to feel comfortable with their game plan and that's why we're going out of this game with zero points," he added.
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