☠🏆👑 Orlando Pirates Are National Champions | Pirates Win The Betway Premiership | Tso Vilakazi

Added: 2026-05-24

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[00:00:14]>> It is part by world sports betting. It is time co.za and the new and the new national champions of South Africa, Orlando Pirates. It's been a very long time. In fact, the last team to win the league, which is not Sundowns, was Bitver Verds in 2017.

[00:00:39]It's been a very long time. We've actually had fatigue.

[00:00:43]You know, you get fatigued uh looking at the same thing over and over again.

[00:00:47]Congratulations to Orlando Pirates.

[00:00:49]They've won the national championship in South Africa, the Betweight Premiership.

[00:00:53]Um at the same time as well, we have to say number two, Muhammad Sundowns.

[00:00:57]Congratulations. fought a good fight uh and you've been consistent throughout the years uh and this year was not yours. At the same time as I have to tell you that orbit college the way in which they approach this game uh if you look at the final log standings they are number 16.

[00:01:15]What that means is that they are relegated automatically.

[00:01:19]They gave an opportunity to Messi who beat Richard's Bay to go and play in the playoffs. Messi number 15, Orbit College number 16 relegated automatically. H Magi will now with Alan F and his boys will play in the playoff against Cape Town City against Milford and Messi being the third team there. So we have the picture uh that's Orlando Pirates, Mame Sundowns, Kaiser Chiefs and I guess Amazon um that make up the top five of the season. Mr. So former Orlando Pirates captain lifted the league one or two times at Orlando Pirates. How you feeling sir?

[00:02:16]and then you well done to to to the coach to his technical team to the boys.

[00:02:26]It was not an easy one. Even though it was there, it was there for the taking, but it was not easy really to take it.

[00:02:34]I always say that, you know, it's like strikers when in a difficult position to score a goal, they score in an easy position where they just need to do a tap in, they miss. That was that was happened. It depended with one of the panels because I think I can >> they had two matches to win one game.

[00:02:56]>> Yeah, they had two matches to win one game and they made it a very difficult one.

[00:03:00]>> Yeah.

[00:03:01]>> Although they had already won 20 matches which is what you're saying with strikers difficult goals they score. But these ones so parets >> did not know they didn't struggle to win because by that point they had already won 20 matches.

[00:03:16]>> Yes.

[00:03:17]and then but you have two matches you win one >> m yeah it was tough for the boys but one thing I will say for this game h the the body language was different compared to against city you could see from the word go that really they want they want this they want to score they create chances uh yeah in this game we all learn Mr. Okay. And I hope the technical team also learned that you need experienced players because there were moments where I thought somebody needs to say let's come down.

[00:04:02]Let's come down. You know, let's try this side for about a minute or two.

[00:04:06]Let's go to the right a minute or two.

[00:04:09]Let's go central a minute or two. And then let's try maybe now let's get you know you vary. you v that but you need experienced players to help you to do that but yeah it didn't happen and >> before you continue >> there's the captain at the right time as well I we we look at it at the right time >> we'll see we're going to go back to the game you've done that before I don't know or it was other people doing it for you it was other captains in front of you doing it I know you were captain of the pirates as well >> um what does this moment mean because there we and they lift the league >> and then you and there we go.

[00:04:50]>> Yeah, >> there we go. That's such a beautiful thing. Like it gets so tiring if it's one team.

[00:04:55]>> And this is this is the meaning of competition.

[00:04:57]>> This is what leagues mean for all of us that someone else can do it. And if the one that can win it all the time, cannot do it, someone else will do it. And if another big giant like Chiefs comes to the party, spend money, nabo, they can be in the picture. And that's what creates a healthy league >> as well. But let me go back to you. So we're looking at the pictures now.

[00:05:16]Orlando Pirates fireworks >> and it's such a beautiful moment and I can imagine that with Orlando Pirates fans it's a beautiful emotional moment.

[00:05:24]Mufang is there >> winning it for the first time as well and he will never forget this. One day he will be in front of a television analyzing football and we will constantly ask him about moments like these. I'm doing that to you now. How does this moment feel when you are a player? the fireworks and everything and you lifting the castle premiership at the time as it were. How does it feel to players?

[00:05:46]>> Mr. Okay. It's it's a feeling that really so difficult to to really you know talk about because you you look back and say uh all the hard work all the sacrifice that you know we did as a team I did individually you know the coach has to sacrifice you know the supporters everyone has to go through you know you know downs and up downs and up in terms of just to get to this moment and it's it's it's it's a moment that >> it will always going to be in in in you for years and years Mr. Because running this marathon is not an easy thing. It takes a lot of frustration. You know, I remember at some point we were saying is Fukang good enough ready to carry Perez to win the league because now he's formed he's not now doing well. Is Dito really going to come to the party? You know, we it tells you that when you get to that moment, you you're going to be so emotional in such a manner that when you look back and think about those moments where at some point you not doing well and the team needed you, but you you couldn't do it. And that speaks to the importance of the league because in a cup competition if it's four matches MTN8 it's quarterfinal first leg semi-final second leg semi-final final um sometimes you can go to extra time and win and it's it can be done in one month in national championship it's 10 months >> and as you just said now I'm just piggybacking on what you're saying that there were moments this season when Mufug was not raising his hand he will most likely become footballer the season. There were moments whereito was there but then it disappears.

[00:07:38]>> There were moments where scores the goal of the month and you know and might even be defender of the season. There were those moments. That is the importance of a league.

[00:07:50]August you might be off for October November December you come back in January February you might have an off in March that's the importance of a national championship and this is something that we need to preserve and protect to say chiefs come to the party Orlando pars come to the party challenge some Mr. Um really if we want to see our players grow everyone has to come to the party as you just said now Chiefs they need to do something also you know Sundowns have been showing us then Paris you know Paris have been knocking that door it's it's it's the you know that Sundowns were winning but you could see that they've been trying and trying and trying and >> you know I get emotion because I I I know the sacrifice that you know you go through to be in that moment and these boys for me I'm very proud of them Mr. I'm very very proud with the coaches because at some point some players were were written off to say no no this one is out. I remember when Tito was not playing and people were saying no Tito we don't need him because Fuen is there he can kill the team and >> but not knowing that in this marathon you need everyone absolutely >> everyone needs to come in >> the sting bush game you'll remember Tito took it with his hands the two goals there was one that he crossed for and there's one that he directly scores it looked like Makoba's goal and it's it's games like those where minus that little contribution you don't get those three points that get you to win the league.

[00:09:30]>> Definitely, Mr. G. That's why I'm saying I'm so emotional because when I think of those moments to say if everyone will take that stand to say no, Dito is out.

[00:09:40]No, let's just carry on without him.

[00:09:45]If we didn't think of him, that is also a missing puzzle in that team of all the parents. And look at the team where the team is. You know, >> you wouldn't say that this was Apolis's first season at Orlando Pirates. He comes from Bulgana City. He had a he had a football career. So that took him from ex Cape Town >> H to Super Sport United >> to going to the lower leagues >> and then he hastori City.

[00:10:13]>> In fact, when Par gives him when Paris gives Johnny at Pula City to say we need this boy last year in January. Yes. And he says, "No, no, we're going to get relegated if we give you this point."

[00:10:25]>> Definitely.

[00:10:26]>> And and that was you could see there was a match at Bulgana City where were men of the match.

[00:10:32]>> He looks so sad. He he was like he was going to cry cuz he doesn't want to take men of the match. He doesn't want to be at Puluana City. But he was professional enough and his time came at Paris. Look um one I would say his attitude for me it tells you that some players they can come from small teams but they can grow Mr. This boy has grown in terms of himself personally that he played for city even if it was tough and everyone was saying no you deserve to go to Paris or to sundowns or to choose but the boy was there and the one thing that I liked about him is that he continue work hard work hard for me h deserve this Mr. We we just need to be honest. He deserved this. No one did a favor to him. And also, >> when I'm saying he deserved this, he contributed, Mr. G 100% he will be either midfielder of the season, players player of the season or midfielder of the season.

[00:11:31]>> He contributed to put the team where he is now. And I'm I'm proud of him, Mr. G.

[00:11:36]when you when you just said this is a player that from a small team and become a regular international team.

[00:11:44]>> That is something that >> he's going to be a starter at the World Cup. He's going to be he's going to be in the starting 11 at the World Cup.

[00:11:50]>> Definitely definitely no doubt.

[00:11:51]Definitely no doubt. When you've got a player like this and I like his attitude, his his willingness of trying each and every game to do right, to do right, to build himself and I'm I'm very proud of him.

[00:12:04]>> Yeah. um Abdlamadu when he is announced me and you are talking we're speculating >> we had Lindo we had yourself with Junior it's it's the it's the not January it's the July transfer window >> it's preseason >> and we hear that coach Rulani is talking to pirates in fact some people to talk to you to tell you that and they tell our journalist as well I think was told the same thing because that's how we get information from people within camps and sometimes from the clubs themselves and then out of the blue gives the job to Abdamadu who was at that time coaching and I think he beat Pirates at Marans and I think he beats Chiefs as well.

[00:12:48]Yes.

[00:12:49]>> Um as as Marum Galans he has Junior Zindonga he has Daniel Mendami who were his wild cards up front.

[00:12:57]I'm sure we did not see this especially that he lost two of his first opening matches in the league and we were thinking that he's going to lose his job. Let's talk about after some look.

[00:13:07]Well done to the coach and Mr. G. I think um to be really honest he deserve also the coach. I mean, yes, coach Maro Galanza, but you could see Edmaro Galanza without, you know, the resources that Orlando Par has got without those resources, but he managed to play beautiful football, attacking football, >> you know, give give Paris, Chiefs, Sundowns a stress in terms of competing against Maro Gallans and >> you can you can you can deserve a chance at Paris. Yeah. But when they hire you and you are in unknown, what are we what are we supposed to say? We're supposed to say you don't come with a pedigree of winning. So we don't know they taking a risk. So I don't I don't think that we could have seen this including maybe Paris supporters at the beginning that >> they would not have seen Uguina League.

[00:14:00]Of course, we give every human being a chance.

[00:14:04]So that's why it's so brilliant as an achievement that you come from here, but you were able to to win the league with this big club that have not won it in 14 years.

[00:14:13]>> Mr. G, one thing is that I think and everyone will support me is that h we only knew that we going to play beautiful football with what? But winning, yes, we want to win, but you know, we were we were like, yeah, we're going to play beautiful football. We saw how he managed to put that team of Maro to play beautiful football. We saw all those players come to the party.

[00:14:40]Yes. So now when you've got when you've got this cream of of all of that, we were like obvious excited. But the question behind it was does he have an experience of winning the league? Mhm.

[00:14:58]>> Well, >> he's answered that question now.

[00:15:00]>> Well done, coach.

[00:15:01]>> He's answered that question now.

[00:15:02]>> Well done, coach.

[00:15:03]>> And not for the first time. You guys had a Free State Stars coach, >> Roy Paretto as Zimbabwe coach who had never won the league and you guys won it. You were part of that squad as well.

[00:15:12]>> Definitely. You know, Mr. G this this football it's something else Mr. Because you can get somebody who never won a thing somewhere else and comes here and win it. And because we got Roy from the Free State, he came to Paris, he won the league. Was it still qual?

[00:15:31]>> It was free state stars. So again, we got a coach again from Free State again to come again and get us a league. So it's something that I think if we need a league maybe in the next 5 years we have to look again in Fate to say who's there so that he can come here again and give us the lead.

[00:15:48]>> Um let's wrap it up Mr. So we'll discuss other politics because >> Pirates made it difficult. It was two matches >> and they needed two own goals tonight as well. But this is not the moment to talk about that because um you can't devalue what has happened. It's historic. We had fatigue from the same team winning all the time. And I think it's more important to congratulate this team that has won now than talking about we'll talk in preseason about what can we expect in Africa. Definitely. And you spoke about the experience as well which we will we will dwell about during preseason.

[00:16:21]>> Um Pirates is a very historic, influential, powerful football club in South Africa >> and it has fans. There's millions of people that love the Pirates that are watching us.

[00:16:32]um give us an idea of that management team. What the idea we want to understand is people might make the mistake of thinking that Dr. Ivan Koa is involved daytoday.

[00:16:44]>> Yeah.

[00:16:44]>> We are talking about someone who's either in his late 70s or over 80 years old now.

[00:16:49]>> The same thing with Dr. Kazamong as well that those people people can think that they're still involved but they're not.

[00:16:55]Yes, a club and I'm sure they get an update every week and maybe when there's a big issue they they intervene if it's a big enough issue. Yeah.

[00:17:04]>> But give us an idea what's happening there. We see we see we see and he was picking up the the check 20 million as well. So we're not revealing any secrets here. People can see abom talk to us about Paris. Are there people from outside who are now helping the team?

[00:17:28]Let me let me let me I know >> you're going to get a phone call from them.

[00:17:32]Choose your words. Choose your words.

[00:17:35]>> Okay. There's one person that I'm going to mention his name. Okay.

[00:17:38]>> Because he's he's we we've got a very close relationship with him and we always talk and do our things on the side there. I will talk about the people that we all see them every time. Yeah.

[00:17:51]Um I think they they doing a good job m football is the game of mistakes. They can make mistakes but you know so far I think they did very well. Pumoto is there as a technical director in the team he's helping the team very well. I mean look now as a technical director he won you know the premiership also bumi is also you know involved in the team. Could we say that from your reading of that situation I know you also speak to his brother as well you are very close with his brother could we say that is almost the defect for Dr. to approve it.

[00:18:33]>> Well, the because there's there's this close friend of mine.

[00:18:37]>> Okay.

[00:18:39]>> So, I'm not going to mention his name.

[00:18:40]This close friend of mine that you know when things are happening there and they're not going well in the team, it it comes back to him and that's when I will engage with him when you know ask blah blah blah and then I would >> in other words, so it's it's almost like a committee of people. Yeah, sort of.

[00:18:58]It's no longer just one person.

[00:19:02]It's now multiple people others are maybe strong talent acquisition.

[00:19:10]>> That is one thing that I love about you know how how Dr. Ka has has has put his team there of of of of his kids to say this one can deal with this, this one can deal with this and then they get people that really you know they can help the team going forward you know and as I said that know having this pirates cup it also plays a part in terms of how the team should move you know and also the players from the DTC team coming to the senior team you know it's a committee that is there that is making sure that you know parents they keep moving going forward but I like that h he's got he's got kids that I would say they're smart they understand the dynamics h yes they all make mistakes there and there they're human beings but I like especially the one that I'm close with h that if something doesn't happen in in the right way he will ask and say hey what do you think and then I'll say my piece to say this and that this and And then you know and and we we >> would have been interesting. So to see >> um around if she was around maybe Paris would have won the league longer long before this moment cuz you told me that Zorda was so fantastic as a team manager. She was she had an eye of being able to recruit players as well.

[00:20:34]>> Definitely >> she would have enjoyed moments like this.

[00:20:36]>> Mh.

[00:20:38]you know let let me let me mention his name so that he must know that he's doing a very good job also you know hosan is doing a very good job he didn't start now Mr. G a lot of people they would think maybe because of now Dr. Ka is old now. His kids are coming in.

[00:20:57]Osala has been with the team since I was there.

[00:21:00]>> He's been part of the team asking what do you think about this player? When we when we were young, when we were young, he was always there. When we go to the games, we go to Deian, Captain, wherever we go, he will be there and he will ask.

[00:21:14]That's why I'm like I was lucky that from way back, we had that relationship, me and him, that we will talk and ask, "What do you think about this? Why are we playing this formation? Why are you guys you are not giving your your best?

[00:21:27]What you know all of those things. So he's he's been there. So he understands he understands the culture of the team.

[00:21:33]You know, even at some point where the team lost the the culture, the philosophy, the way of playing, you know, and we had a chance to say we are this team. This is Paris with speed. We pirate with speed. We had this and that players that maybe will carry the ball there and there. But when we attack, we had speed to get to that final third very quickly and players that are good.

[00:21:57]And we, you know, decided to say, "No, let's chief. Let's go back to to to our culture and look at the players that they've tried to to put in and all of that to to complement the culture of the pirates. and for that well done Gossana. He's been doing very well.

[00:22:18]>> All right. Nice one. Thank you very much. Congratulations Mr. So as well to you.

[00:22:20]>> Thank you as a former Orlando Pirates captain. Congratulations to Orlando Pirates fans as well. Not all of us are Pirates fans of course but in moments like these we have to take our caps off.

[00:22:31]Um as Sundowns fans um us as Chiefs fans we must take our caps off and say congratulations. And also whenever someone achieves something like this we have to aspire to it um to to rise to that level. And I suppose tomorrow Sundowns if they get the second star it's exactly the same message as Gen that to say Pirates you must rise to that level Chiefs you must rise to that level and it makes a healthy league when all of them are firing in all cylinders and of course only one can win at a time but if all of them are looking to achieve the same thing creates an easy job for the Bafana Buffana coaches. It is times thank you for watching us. This is Junior Kanye. Please subscribe to it TV. This is Benedict winning.