Rally behind the gallant Pirates team – De Villiers
JOHANNESBURG -Football loving South Africans urged to rally behind Orlando Pirates this weekend.
The CEO of the Premier Soccer League Brand de Villiers has urged football loving South Africans to rally behind Orlando Pirates this Saturday when they play the first leg of the Confederation of African Football Champions League final at Orlando Stadium at 8.30pm.
“This is a big moment for South Africa and Southern African football,” De Villiers said. “We have waited for almost two decades for one of our clubs to win the Champions League, and Orlando Pirates are just two games away from reclaiming continental victory.
“This is a proud moment for me as a CEO of the league and a South African.”
De Villiers wished the club, its chairman Dr Irvin Khoza, coach Roger de Sa, his technical team and the players the best of luck this weekend. “It is important that as South Africans we put all our club allegiances aside and rally behind Orlando Pirates when they face Al Ahly at Orlando Stadium,” he said. “Fans must purchase a ticket and go to the stadium. Orlando Pirates have been brilliant so far, now they need to get that second star.”
Orlando Pirates first won the Champions League back in 1995. Since then, no other Southern African side has managed to go past the first round of the competition, let alone win the Champions League.
