Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro announced today that he will be retiring soon because of…

Coach Jose Riveiro of the Orlando Pirates has given up on his team’s chances of winning the DStv Premiership after their recent setbacks.

Polokwane City and Pirates drew 1-1 at Orlando Stadium on Friday night in the league. The late goal by Mashikinya for the Limpopo squad negated the goal by Patrick Maswanganyi.

The terrible result absolutely mocked Riveiro’s pre-match comments that they might still catch up to log leaders and reigning champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

The Pirates trail the Brazilians by fifteen points with one game left; the Brazilians are the favorites to capture a record-breaking seventh straight championship.

After the Polokwane

Riveiro, who had been an enraged spectator for his team’s three straight league defeats, made a daring declaration on their chances of taking home the championship during the game.

The Spaniard said, “No!” in response to the question of whether his team might still challenge for the title this year.

Since he has witnessed how tough it is for his side to win games in a row in the league, Riveiro isn’t concerned with points at this time. Instead, he believes that scoring is the primary source of their problems.

Are the points causing you any concern? The points don’t need to concern me. Something abstract, a figure. Thus, I should not be concerned,” Riveiro retorted.

“I might be worried about the places where we need to