Abdeslam Ouaddou on Orlando Pirates' loss to Casric Stars in the Nedbank Cup: We are creating chances but our finishing is letting us down lately

Orlando Pirates’ failure to convert the chances and opportunities they create in a game is the number one challenge they had in the past two losses.

Pirates lost 2-1 to Mamelodi Sundowns in midweek at FNB Stadium and were also dumped out of the Nedbank Cup by Casric Stars yesterday at Orlando Amstel Arena 5-4 on penalties.

An according to the coach, Abdeslam Ouaddou, that they create but cannot convert is a huge contributor to their losses.

“We wanted to suffocate them quickly in the first half and create chances, unfortunately, it’s been the same story as the previous game, it’s important to be efficient, especially in the cups,” he said after the game.

“It’s a big disappointment tonight to be eliminated from the competition, something that was important for the players and the fans.

“When you miss such chances, like the first half, you can give confidence to the opponent and I think they defended well, did their job – we tried to bring more in the second half, creativity, to imbalance Casric, we created some chances…

“For me, we could have finished the game earlier, but then it comes the penalties, which we worked on and prepared for in the week as it was a probability, but it’s like that, we lost and congratulations to Casric Stars FC, their players and technical staff.”