By Mthobisi Nozulela
AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco said records were there to be broken as his side prepare to play against Orlando Pirates in the Nedbank Cup quarter-finals on Saturday. The Durban-based side have not beaten Orlando Pirates in over 10 years.
“It’s going to be really difficult. It is a fact, if I am not mistaken, that the last 13 years, AmaZulu were not capable to beat Orlando Pirates,” the coach said.
“I was counting like 35 even more games, so that speaks for itself, we know the history — few wins for AmaZulu, many defeats, many draws as well, this season we’re capable of drawing against them. Let’s see what’s happens on Saturday. But as I said, the statistics are there to be broken,” said Franco.
Orlando Pirates are in great scoring form at the moment, and put even past Golden Arrows in their last game in the league.
Asked whether his side were scared going into the game on Saturday, the Spaniard pointed out that his side have already played the Sea Robbers this season and were capable of stopping them.
“We never fear any team so far this season, and we are confident in our possibilities. We know that these are the kind of competitions that we can go through because in one game we already show that we are capable of beating any team.
AmaZulu’s veteran midfielder Hendrick Ekstein shared the same sentiments, saying: “Our aim now is to win the match that we’re about to play. Obviously we expect that the team that we are going to play against which is Orlando Pirates and it’s a big team. But our aim is to win the match," Ekstein said.
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