Pirates need to be perfect

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‘GAMES in hand do not translate into points!’ It is a phrase that Orlando Pirates know way too well. However, the same phrase has also been used against Sundowns many times before. After all, they have actually done it – this system of converting games in hand into league-winning points. Come to think of it, they do it so well. Another thing that only Sundowns get right over any other club domestically, when it comes to league games anyways, is securing winning momentum and sustaining it. That is perhaps why hopes of an “interesting season with a tough title race” were raised at the beginning of the campaign. Now, those hopes have since been replaced by that famous phrase about games in hand. Fine, that is fair, because indeed the…

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Star South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2025-02-28

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