PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 28: John Maduka, head coach of Royal AM during the DStv Premiership match between Royal AM and Orlando Pirates at Harry Gwala Stadium on April 28, 2024 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)
Royal AM head coach John Maduka says his team were punished for their mistakes in the big defeat to Orlando Pirates.
The KwaZulu-Natal outfit were unable to make it two wins in a row after losing 4-0 to the Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon.
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Maduka felt the effort was there from his side but says they need to cut out their mistakes.
"I think if you look at the game itself, we started well, we did compete for each and every ball, whenever we were in possession, we could keep the ball and get to that final third," Maduka told SuperSport after the game."Maybe after the penalty you concede but still we were on it. We still continued pushing in the first-half. Second-half you can't fault the boys for the effort. It's only that we made mistakes and you know a team like this, with the quality that they have, you make mistakes they punish you.
"And they wait for that moment. Every time we go to bed, we sleep, that's where we find ourselves conceding the goals because we're a team that plays to go forward and they make sure that they wait for those opportunities, that you make a mistake they punish you and exactly it happened. It wasn't meant to be, hard luck we look forward to coming game," he said.
"When you're trailing 3-0, 4-0, you've got to take the game to the opposition, when we were 2-0 down, we thought we're still in the game, you can't make drastic changes, you still need to be patient because the boys were still doing well."
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