Orlando Pirates coach Roger de Sa says he is glad Lennox Bacela got his name on the scoresheet at last again last night.

Bucs beat Mpumalanga Black Aces 3-1 to make their way to the quarter-final of the Telkom Knockout, with De Sa bagging a brace, and Oupa Manyisa getting a third in injury time.

“I am glad Lennox could score two goals – it is good for him as the goals had dried up a bit for him. Let us hope we can maintain this form – it was a good match in my opinion,” ‘RDS’ tells Bucs’ official website.

The coach says his team’s concentration was not where he wanted it to be in the first half, adding that a stern half-time talk brought them back into the game.

“Like I said last week – we want to go far in this tournament and after starting the game well, we conceded a goal which got us again on the back foot.

“Going to half time with the score at 1-1, gave us a chance to talk to the guys. The attitude was right from the second half – we pushed hard and forced them to make mistakes in their half and fortunately for us we got the win.

“Now we will have some rest and prepare for the upcoming games.”

Pirates face Golden Arrows in the last 8, at a date still to be confirmed.
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