EzintshaOrlando Pirates

URiveiro uwuqopha buthule umlando kwiPirates

Akuvamile ukuthi umqeqeshi omusha abe nomthelela omkhulu eqenjini, kodwa uJosé Riveiro wenze lokho kanye kwi-Orlando Pirates. 

Ngempelasonto, uhole iqembu lakhe liqopha umlando ngesikhathi lishaya iStellenbosch FC ngo 3-1 ukunqoba iMTN8 okwesithathu kulandelana. 

Ngesikhathi uRiveiro ejoyina amaBhakabhaka eminyakeni emibili edlule, ubengubuso obusha ebholeni laseNingizimu Afrika. 

Abanye bangabaza ulwazi lwakhe, bambiza nge-“plumber,” kodwa uRiveiro wakushaya indiva ukugxekwa futhi wagxila emsebenzini wakhe.

“Abantu bazokhuluma. Ngilapha ukuze ngakhe iqembu futhi ngiqophe umlando,” kusho uRiveiro ngesikhathi efika. Futhi wenze lokho kanye.

Ezinsukwini ezingu-830 nje kuphela, uRiveiro ubuyisele i-Orlando Pirates ekubeni yiqembu elinamandla elalaziwa ngawo nakudala. 

Uhole ikilabhu iwola izicoco ezintathu zeMTN8, ezimbili zeNedbank Cup, nokuqeda endaweni yesibili kabili kulandelana kwiBetway Premiership.

Izinombolo ziyayeseka impumelelo yakhe. URiveiro usenqobe imidlalo engu-58, wadlala ngokulingana kwengu-17, wahlulwa kwengu-20 emidlalweni engu-95.

Lokho kusho ukuthi isilinganiso sakhe sokunqoba singu-60%. Ulandela uJulio Leal, onerekhodi lika-64%, kodwa emidlalweni emincane kunekaRiveiro.

Ukunqoba kwakhe kwengu-58 kumbeka ngemuva kukaRuud Krol ekunqobeni njengomqeqeshi wePirates. 

UKrol wanqoba imidlalo engu-65 emidlalweni engu-125 phakathi kuka-2008 no-2011, kodwa uRiveiro usondela ngokushesha kuleli rekhodi.

Naphezu kokungatshazwa ekuqaleni, umsebenzi kaRiveiro kwiPirates awunakuphikwa. 

Uguqule iqembu laba wumshini ogaya izindebe, wagxilisa umqondo wokunqoba. 

Abalandeli be-Orlando Pirates bangaziqhenya ngohambo lwabo nalo mqeqeshi. 

Okwaqala kungabazeka, sekuphenduke umgubho wokubusa nenjabulo engapheli. 

Njengoba uRiveiro ephethe izintambo, ikusasa libukeka liqhakazile kumaBhakabhaka, futhi asemaningi namarekhodi angase aphulwe noma aqoshwe.

Indaba kaRiveiro kwiPirates ingeyokunqoba uma ibhekene nezingqinamba. 

Akagcinanga nje ngokuba nomthelela; uqinise indawo yakhe emlandweni weqembu.