Andries Sebola says Josef Zinnbauer's job is on the line ahead of MTN8 semi-finals

The Buccaneers start the battle against Kaizer Chiefs in a two-legged semi-final affair today (15h00), with the winner to face either defending champions SuperSport United or Bloemfontein Celtic.

Pirates have failed to win a trophy since lifting the Nedbank Cup in 2014 and Sebola is convinced Zinnbauer will be relieved of his duties if his side fails to beat Chiefs.

"As for the coach, they bought a lot of players for him, so he's still looking for the combination, unfortunately time is against him," Sebola tells snl24.com/kickoff.

"The semi-final against Chiefs, if he were to lose these two games, I don't see him staying at Orlando Pirates because it's very crucial that Pirates get the trophy this season. If he doesn't win the cup, he is gone. He is so gone.

"The only thing that I can say is that you can't allow a player like [Luvuyo] Memela to leave, because he was creating the chances for strikers. His combination with Gabadinho Mhango, it was good.

"So now he's gone, you could see even last week when they were playing with AmaZulu they struggled to create chances because he was giving Pirates' defence more problems. Another one that I think needs to pick his game up is Vincent Pule."

Sebola says he doesn't see his former team getting a win against Amakhosi in the first leg on Saturday afternoon.

"The way I see it, Chiefs played better on Tuesday [against Chippa United]. Because it's still a first leg, if it's not a draw then Chiefs will win. But the way I see it Chiefs is going to control the game. As for Pirates I couldn't make sense what they were doing [against Stellenbosch]," he adds.

"They were not creating chances and Gabadinho Mhango was not getting a supply due to Pirates' midfield keeping the ball more in their own half. Chiefs created a lot of chances, it was only the goalposts that prevented them from winning by many goals.

"So in the first leg if it's not a draw, Chiefs will win. They played better compared to Pirates."

Scroll right to see Andries Sebola's Dream Team (4-4-2)

GK - William Okpara - Very good with everything. Communicating in advance. Shot-stopper, he could stop everything, under pressure he never panicked.

RB - Phiri Tsotetsi - Very good stopper. Phiri was very flexible, very energetic, he would train when even we were not training.

LB - Edward Motale - Very stylish, but when coming to defending, Eddie would defend. When coming to overlapping Eddie would add more numbers up front to attack and score goals.

CB - Mark Fish - Even though I didn't spend most of the time with him, Mark Fish is very overlapping. He would also score and create.

CB - Gavin Lane - Good at throw-ins, when coming to set-pieces Gavin would add the numbers for us.

CM - John Moeti - John would give you good passes, John would win balls for you. He never scored many goals but John made things happen in the midfield.

CM - Dumisani Ngobe - He could shoot from far, he was a good passer of the ball inside and outside of the foot.

RM - Steve Lekoelea - Chippa would just tell you straight, I give you good passes you must score. He would dribble with purpose, not for the sake of the supporters.

LM - Alex Bapela - Left and right, he would give you all the passes that you need as a striker. He could win the ball in the middle and also add to the attack.

ST - Andries Sebola - That has to be me. Give me the ball I'll just finish, no shot, I will just place the ball.

ST - Jerry Sikhosana - He would harass the defenders. He would create spaces for you, but he was greedy, very selfish!