SuperSport and Pirates to clash 3 times in a week

SuperSport United and Orlando Pirates have 3 fixtures in a week

Posted: 6 August 2012 Time: 12:38 pm

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Following today's MTN8 semi-final draw, Orlando Pirates and SuperSport United will play each other three times in a week in August.

Bucs and Matsatsantsa will battle it out in the first leg of the MTN8 semi-final on the weekend of August 18/19, and then face each other in the League at Peter Mokaba Stadium on August 22, before the second leg of the cup semi on August 25/26.

SuperSport are at home for the first leg of the MTN8 semi-final, with the venue yet to be confirmed. They are also hosts in the League match, although home advantage for Matsatsantsa in Polokwane will surely be negligable.

The cluster of fixtures would prove a headache for any coach, but Gavin Hunt says he is concentrating on his team's season opener against Ajax Cape Town.

"I've got a game in Cape Town on Friday, so I'm going to worry about that first," he says.

Hunt points out that SuperSport have been "playing matches in Polokwane for the last two years", and as for tactics, he says they will have one thing on their mind: "I mean, we try our best to win every game."

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Article by: Jennifer Malec

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black and white
posted: 12:45 pm
Tjoo Supersport must be peeing in their pants
black and white
posted: 12:45 pm
DTC FOUR eva and eva
Mgugudi: The Treble Addict
posted: 12:50 pm
Hunt is dusting his long lost book of excuses that he will use against Pirates.
Bucson
posted: 12:54 pm
With these three games, we don't need coaches because players themselves especially for Pirates, they must show us how and why they are champions. Up the Bucs. Palacoius must just sit back and relax Te oho will record all the mistakes and the following game thereafter Champions must rule.
Shakment
posted: 01:02 pm
We wil abuse dis hunt en cows, bring it on weather itz polokwane, tswane o durban bucs alwz dominate
moanakwena
posted: 01:03 pm
That is sweet, all foot ball lovers must come and watch football between the champion for two seasons and old era champion.
Pirates is not 1 skipper team, you must show for the Zulu Ass
posted: 01:06 pm
I think we require Rantie or another striker (Henyekane) at Bucs. I don't trust McCarthy effectiveness and Barbetov (Mabena) is not out and out stiker.
Nespray is a movie star look alike coach
posted: 01:06 pm
editor is stil early to talk abt upcoming fixtures...i thought monday is a day of re-visiting weekends games.

we want to know if chiefs wil print 4-0 above their badge in de next fixture

wat a way to shut de mouth of dose who used to say Twin Towers....i mean during dis last month, even whites where able to pronounce "Mlomowendau" very well,hahaha....all it took was for sundowns to show dem dat American Towers do not play futball


dey are now signing defendas as if dey hve any goals to defend
Nespray is a movie star look alike coach
posted: 01:11 pm
supaspot is nothing, dey wre namba one last season and unbeaten in all de games until we brought dem back to mother earth

knowing de selfish-ness of pirates....dey wil win all de three games
Piratesmy religion
posted: 01:18 pm
here we can gorget about three points and win the MTN for the three successive seasons and own it unlike macufe cup ffor zebras...Palacious must bench Mbuyane and give othe strikers a chance. Bucs til chiefs score four goals in 30 minutes
siwright
posted: 01:25 pm
i agree pirates needs more strikers, yes we win but not convincengly.
Phantom of Orlando
posted: 01:33 pm
But how do you face the DTC champs three times in a week and not start complaining about the officials? as this is what Hunt will resort to, can't blame him though as every champs win will be always rendered controvesial ask the Zebras who specializes in lame excuses.
Lion Of Zion
posted: 01:33 pm
Shame SS ndiyakuvela, uzakuva ngathi uyabizwa, 3 games playing the champs, even the DTC, no team is PSL wish to be in yo position. Shapa Bhakaniya shapaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
KING?
posted: 01:36 pm

Ms editor. Can we please review Chiefs n Sundowns game.

The score was Khosi 4 life
Dr.Trebble Champ!!
posted: 01:41 pm
walk in de park de ghost!!
Fela
posted: 01:46 pm
So what? whats new? ask Sundowns they know about this.

Operation 1 game at a time has just started and will finish in May 2013 when we parade our treble.
Malakane
posted: 01:57 pm
seeing TK in this foto brings back the memories of last season , we missd you if he was here he would have mesmerised the slow defence of Sundowns and Chiefs.
De Bruin!!!
posted: 02:17 pm
My!! My!! My!! I'm so looking FOURward to this tripple encounters in one week. Hunt must go buy udults nappies 'cos we don't wanna see his waters underneath.
This will be interesting indeed, unFOURtunately for him and his team we are gon win all encounters.

Bucs rule.....
silago77
posted: 02:19 pm
mara bucs fans niyangchaza.
bucs rule everywhere even ku kick off
i must say i dnt like playng 3 games in a week against the same opposition especially ss united , it would have been better if we were playng chips in these matches.
Secretboy
posted: 02:55 pm
Bring The Home Game to Loftus Supersport so that we can Tjatjarag u in front of ....meeeeeeeeee
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