Orlando Pirates coach on their pursuit for the PSL title: We are alive and we are going to continue until the end in this Betway Premiership race

Abdeslam Ouaddou maintains that Orlando Pirates will make a meaningful challenge to the Betway Premiership title this season.

The Pirates coach was reacting to his side’s 5-0 victory over Golden Arrows last night in a PSL match at Orlando Amstel Arena.

This victory saw Pirates keep up the pace with pace-setters in Mamelodi Sundowns who are looking defending the title they won last season and also aiming to win their ninth PSL trophy in succession.

“Yes, you’re right we had full control of the game in the attacking animation, in the defensive animation I think we were dominant in all areas. So, congratulations to the boys, you can see that Pirates is still alive and we’re going to fight until the end whatever happened,” Ouaddou told SuperSport TV.

“But we can see that when the boys start to be efficient in the last third, we can see that we can score a lot of goals at happened at the beginning of the season in the middle but you remember I was telling you that we need to be more efficient.

“So, now they are putting the goals I’m happy and we will have a fantastic gift at the end of the season.”

The title race is now between Pirates and Sundowns as the rest of potential challengers such as Kaizer Chiefs and Sekhukhune United have fallen off as the season continued.

Ouaddou said having the two remaining in Sundowns and Pirates is good for the race.

“It’s difficult, we have two teams now fighting, I think it’s very good for the South African league. For me, I always said it’s the best in Africa so the fans deserve to have this race until the end and to have interest because if there’s no interest in football people lose it and are now interested anymore,” he said.

“So yeah, it’s good to have even a tough time for the team but let’s see what happens at the end of the season, it’s something I told you until the last second we will be here.”