According to experiences, the Orlando Pirates coach earns a mouth-watering R650,000 per 30 days.

The 47-year-old Spanish tactician, Jose Riveiro, has gained three MTN8 Cups in a row with the Soweto outfit and is presently on target to problem for the title.

Orlando Pirates are presently the PSL’s lone leaders, clearing Mamelodi Sundowns by three factors and Kaizer Chiefs, who lie in ninth, by 9 factors.

They’ve gained their first 5 league video games this season – the final time they achieved such a feat was throughout their 2002/03 successful marketing campaign.

Riveiro on the helm

The Buccaneers are loving life underneath Riveiro, who now, albeit ending second in 2023/24, lastly appears to be like like a workforce able to dethroning the Brazilians.

“I think the team is getting mature, we show and the players show, this season they are really enjoying playing and that makes everything much easier,” Riveiro reported to Independent Media.

“So far they’re actually centered in every recreation, you by no means hear them speaking about Champions League the following month, or the large video games we’re going to play. It’s at all times in regards to the subsequent opponent while you hear the gamers within the locker room and [training].

“They are always talking about what’s coming or what we did the day before. It makes you feel that they are getting more mature as a group and they know what it takes to achieve what we want to achieve in the end, which is always the next… that makes me feel confident and very optimistic about this group.”

Trouble with the armband?

Having not began, and even featured in Pirates newest video games, Innocent Maela’s armband duties are unsure – one thing that Riveiro will need to keep away from from effervescent over.

“I have been questioned a lot with people saying that what kind of captain who doesn’t play and who doesn’t get the opportunity to be in the field, how is he leading the team,” Maela advised Pirates TV. 

“People mentioned I’m solely a captain for interviews, I solely do press conferences, and so forth., however they don’t perceive the form of particular person I’m. First, I must make clear this. Since I began taking part in, I’ve at all times seen myself as a pacesetter of this workforce, a pacesetter of the group.

“So now, the only difference is that my teammates have voted for me to wear an arm belt. But how I lead myself and the group has always been the same because I always preach that we must put the team first regardless,” defined the skilled defender. 

“I always understand what the coach wants from us as players and how the coach selects his starting eleven. However, yes, as a player you always want to be on the field, but I think I have grown, and I’m experienced enough to understand that if Deon Hotto wins, I win, if I win, Paseka Mako wins,” he continued. 

“In the tip, historical past doesn’t keep in mind who performed what number of matches, historical past will always remember that this sure participant gained 5, or six trophies with Orlando Pirates. 

“I always preach about humility, but I’m proud of myself because I feel like I have sacrificed myself, I placed myself backward so that other people can shine, and eventually, we all win.”

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