Magesi FC coach John Maduka says it might be easy for his side to do well against Orlando Pirates in the Carling Knockout Cup as the pressure will be on the opponents to win the match.
Dikwena Tša Meetse eliminated AmaZulu in the Round of 16 on Sunday after a 3-2 away triumph at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.
After the match, they discovered that they would meet the Buccaneers in the quarterfinals in a highly anticipated rematch. Last season, Magesi famously knocked Pirates out in the first round and went on to win the competition.
Maduka feels the pressure will be on the Sea Robbers to win, having picked up ten consecutive victories across all competitions.
“It’s gonna be tough, I was not there [last year when they met],” said Maduka when asked by iDiski Times.
“It’s gonna be tough but these are cup games, anything can happen. We’ve done that before and last season, we did that, the team did that.
“They went past Orlando Pirates, we know that this time it’s not going to be easy because they know that the last time this team played them, it did well.
“Every opponent is difficult, even if we got any other team, not Pirates, it would have been very, very difficult.
“Maybe on this one, we can say the pressure is on Pirates because when you play these games, everyone expects Pirates to win. They have played [ten] games and won them all.
“The pressure is on them and because of that, maybe this the game where it will be easy for us for to do well.”
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