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Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro has played down the impact of new striker coach Scott Chickelday in his side’s 3-1 win over Golden Arrows.
The Buccaneers collected an important three points thanks to two late goals by Terrence Dzvukamanja and Vincent Pule, who both came off the bench to score in injury-time.
Pirates scored three goals for the first time in the league this season and finally ended their run of failing to score in the second half of a game, leading to questions as to how much new striker coach Chickelday had since starting to work at the club earlier this month.
“The contribution of all the members in the staff is always very important, how the game is going nowadays, it is,” Riveiro said.
“We’re talking about one more element in the staff, so his contribution is there.
“If he’s here working with us it’s for a reason. Today, in the condition we play, it was very demanding for all of us. The support staff, the technical staff did a fantastic job.
“We have to make a lot of decisions before the game, during the week, during the game today, in the last 20 minutes.
“We were around three, four, five possibilities in order to take that goal, I cannot do it alone. The relevance of the coaching staff nowadays is very important. It goes without saying.
“I want all of them to feel important, that they are part of today’s victory and Scott is not an exception.”
Pirates return to action on 22 January when they host Stellenbosch at Orlando Stadium.