No Rest for Pirates' CAF players
News coming out of Orlando Pirates camp is that the players who are registered for the CAF competition won't be given any day off until the finals are played. Read: Ex Bucs Keeper Backing For Ovono The Buccanneers will lock horns with Tunisian outfit, Etoile du Sahel, in the first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup final at the Orlando Stadium on Saturday, 21 November. A source at the club told the Siya crew that the team will continue playing friendly games until the finals so that the players maintain their match fitness and momentum. "You know on Friday they played against Wits and on Sunday they will be playing against the Under 23 national team at Dobsoniville Stadium. They are playing all these games to keep the players mainly the ones playing in the finals active and match fit," the source concluded. Do you think the players should be rested? Let us know in the comments section below.
