Masandawana are set to lock horns with Ezimnyama Ngenkani in the second leg of the MTN8 semifinal which will be staged at the New Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Earlier this month, the first leg, which took place at the Orlando Stadium ended in a goalless draw.
“I must say that we are playing a very tough match against a team that has improved in leaps and bounds and a team that has made sure that we don’t score a goal in their backyard, which makes this assignment a little bit of a tough one for both teams. We know what Pirates are capable of and they also know what we are capable of,” Mngqithi told the reporters as quoted by Sundowns.co.za
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He says they will be approaching this game with the mentality to win. He also added that even if they drew the first leg with goals but they would still not be happy.
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“We believe that we’ve got a team that is capable of coming out of this match with a result. We are not going to take this game for granted, we know that the stakes are high. Every match that we play we always go into that match with the mentality to win, in this space it doesn’t matter whether we concede or what happens, but if at the end of the game we’ve scored more than the opposition that is the most important thing because we always want to win the match,” he added.
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“When we did not win in Orlando we did not feel good, had we had a 1-1 draw or a 2-2 draw we would still not feel good because we go to every match with one thing in mind [which is] to try and make sure that we dominate the pitch, we dominate the ball and all the metrics that we think can always help in making sure that the outcome of the game is under your control and not dependant on what other people are doing.”