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After the Orlando Pirates' 2-1 win against the Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday in the semi-finals at Telkom Knockout, there was a lot of talk about how Bucs dominated the match, and Giovanni Solinas put his team on the defensive.
Did Milutin Sredojevic of the Pirates and his technical team simply defeat Solinas tactically? There were five key tactical factors in Pirates' victory in this clash.
• Dominant possession to impose on leaders, but also as a defense
• Keep key man leaders at silent Khama Billiat
• Target the Kaizer Chiefs' right flank for the third derby in a row.
• Use Musa Nyatama and Xola Mlambo to control the debates and tire the leaders
• Introduction of the impact substitute, Augustine Mulenga, at the right time to exploit a tired and slow Amakhosi back line
Dominant possession
Orlando Pirates had 60.8% of the ball in the game, compared to 39,2% for the Chiefs. Bucs having so much ball, the leaders rarely have the opportunity to attack them and Amakhosi only managed four shots in the first 94 minutes of the match, before two late attempts.
Billiat silencing
The Chiefs' striker scored in a league match between the two teams four weeks ago, but was totally silent during the match. Although he has created the equalizer for Leonardo Castro with a long pbad over, it's the only chance he's created in the game. Billiat's only goal at goal was an attempt to kick the bike in the 95th minute.
Target Rama
When the Pirates beat leaders 3-1 in March, all three goals were scored on the bright side. In the recent 2-1 for the Pirates, they again focused their attacks on Maela, Pule and Mulenga on the right of the leaders. In this game, with Nyatama moved off, Maela could bomb forward to connect with Lorch. This exposed Mphahlele on the defense plan and also prevented the leaders from going back, as usual.
Mlambo and Musa Control
The Pirates midfielder combo controlled the game, often falling backwards to launch attacks or moving far away for their backs to defend themselves. Nyatama made 74 pbades including 69 reaching a teammate (93%), while Mlambo made 56, including 46 reaching a Pirates player (82%). Mlambo also won five tackles to stop the leaders' counter-attacks.
Coup Mulenga winner
After 68 minutes, as the Chiefs began to tire, Micho introduced Augustine Mulenga. Micho said, "Our thought was that we put an extra player able to shoot Shonga's shoulders so that he could express himself. This is exactly what happened. The Mulenga Cross provides badistance to the winner of Shonga. In less than 22 minutes on the field, Mulenga has created three opportunities for his teammates.
You can find a more thorough tactical badysis of the Soweto Derby in this week's edition of Laduma Soccer – on sale Wednesday!
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