Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro says the defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns on Wednesday was the "same story" as last season's loss.
The Buccaneers suffered their second defeat of the DStv Premiership season after a 1-0 defeat to the defending champions at Orlando Stadium.
The Brazilians defeated Pirates by the same scoreline in this fixture last season and the Spanish tactician says fell for the same problem with a slow start in the first half.
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"Well we're repeating the same story again. The last time we played Sundowns here at Orlando not a good first-half, we were not ourselves, not at all," Riveiro told SuperSport after the game.
"Sundowns developed a fantastic pressing, extremely aggressive. We had our problems to get rid of (the second ball). In the second-half we were a different team but we're chasing one goal it's a different story.
"We have to play with our personality from the first minute, don't be in a hurry in the first 45 minutes to get a goal and be desperate in the end. But again three points not coming for us, we move," he said.
When asked why his side lacked fluidity in the first half, he added, "I don't know, I'd like to know it but it's part of the job now to analyze so we don't repeat again the same (thing). These types of games are not easy, it's not easy to approach and probably more than one factor," he continued.
"It's my responsibility to start the game in a better way and today I could not help my players to start at the level the game requires and ja it's not enough with 45 minutes to beat Sundowns."
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