New Orlando Pirates coach Josef Zinnbauer will be looking to build on the positive start to his tenure when his side visit Bloemfontein Celtic on Saturday.
New Orlando Pirates coach Josef Zinnbauer will be looking to build on the positive start to his tenure when his side visit Bloemfontein Celtic on Saturday.
Pirates claimed a 3-1 victory over Black Leopards in Zinnbauer's first game in charge and the German tactician will be looking to maintain his one hundred percent winning record.
That result saw the Buccanneers move in to fifth position on the Absa Premiership standings. Meanwhile, Celtic occupy ninth position on the standings and lost 2-1 to AmaZulu in their previous league fixture played just before Christmas.
The Sea Robbers came away with a 3-1 win the last time the sides met on August 3 in the opening match of the season thanks to goals from Augustine Mulenga, Innocent Maela and Gabadinho Mhango, while Phunya Sele Sele found the net through Mzwanele Mahashe on that occasion.
Zinnbauer says the thing he wants to see improvement in is what his side do when they don't have the ball.
“In five or seven training sessions it’s not so easy to change the all the systems‚” Zinnbauer told KickOff.
“I have a philosophy in my head‚ and there were little things and information that I gave the players [for the first game].
“But you cannot change the systems 100 percent‚ and give the inputs that the players need. We take this step by step. And then we improve the team in a new system.
“In just eight or 10 days you cannot assess all the players and work on everything that they need.
“The next step for me now is that we improve the players in their positions‚ and the most important is without the ball.”
Meanwhile, Celtic coach Lehlonolo Seema has been disappointed with his side's defensive displays of late as they have lost their last two matches which has seen them fall down the standings.
“There is nothing we can do accept work hard and hope that we have a full squad,” Seema said.
“Maybe the break will help our injured players. We have been struggling especially in defence.”
Bloemfontein Celtic v Orlando Pirates
New Orlando Pirates coach Josef Zinnbauer will be looking to build on the positive start to his tenure when his side visit Bloemfontein Celtic on Saturday.
Pirates claimed a 3-1 victory over Black Leopards in Zinnbauer's first game in charge and the German tactician will be looking to maintain his one hundred percent winning record.
That result saw the Buccanneers move in to fifth position on the Absa Premiership standings. Meanwhile, Celtic occupy ninth position on the standings and lost 2-1 to AmaZulu in their previous league fixture played just before Christmas.
The Sea Robbers came away with a 3-1 win the last time the sides met on August 3 in the opening match of the season thanks to goals from Augustine Mulenga, Innocent Maela and Gabadinho Mhango, while Phunya Sele Sele found the net through Mzwanele Mahashe on that occasion.
Zinnbauer says the thing he wants to see improvement in is what his side do when they don't have the ball.
“In five or seven training sessions it’s not so easy to change the all the systems‚” Zinnbauer told KickOff.
“I have a philosophy in my head‚ and there were little things and information that I gave the players [for the first game].
“But you cannot change the systems 100 percent‚ and give the inputs that the players need. We take this step by step. And then we improve the team in a new system.
“In just eight or 10 days you cannot assess all the players and work on everything that they need.
“The next step for me now is that we improve the players in their positions‚ and the most important is without the ball.”
Meanwhile, Celtic coach Lehlonolo Seema has been disappointed with his side's defensive displays of late as they have lost their last two matches which has seen them fall down the standings.
“There is nothing we can do accept work hard and hope that we have a full squad,” Seema said.
“Maybe the break will help our injured players. We have been struggling especially in defence.”
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