Orlando Pirates assistant coach Mandla Ncikazi has given some insight as to why he thinks coach Jose Riviero received a red card on Saturday night.
The Buccaneers defeated Motsepe Foundation Championship side All Stars FC 2-0 on Saturday night and secured their spot in the Nedbank Cup last 16.
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The Soweto giants did have to play final half-hour without their Spanish head coach, who shown a straight red card by the referee.
"From what I heard from the officials, maybe the language that was used, I don't know what was said, was not permissible in the field of play," Ncikazi told SuperSport after the game.
"That's all they said but I'm not sure what really happened."
On the actual win, the Pirates assistant coach felt the pitch was not favourable to the way his side play, which could have been an issue for the first-half display.
"I thought it was just important for us to go to the next round, the field conditions were also not suitable for the type of game that we wanted to play," Ncikazi said.
"We're just excited that with the struggle that we had first half, we could second- half score, we want to play the game, we want to play on the ground but like I said conditions were not very suitable.
"Maybe which explained the struggle, I'm just happy that we're in the next round."
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