After fighting hard but failing to get anything from the Premiership clash with Kaizer Chiefs at the weekend‚ Polokwane City coach Bernard Molekwa is bracing himself for a tough match against a rejuvenated Orlando Pirates at Orlando Stadium on Saturday. Molekwa‚ though‚ believes his charges have what it takes to bring down Pirates who have started 2018 with two 3-1 victories over Baroka FC and Mamelodi Sundowns. "We know it’s not going to be easy against Pirates‚" said Molekwa. "We believe that in each game, we have to tighten our defence. It’s been the difference this season because going forward, we score a lot of goals. We even boast having the league’s top scorer Rama [Rodney Ramagalela] with nine goals." Polokwane were far from outplayed by Chiefs when they lost 2-1, but Molekwa was not happy with their defending after they conceded another two goals following their 3-2 win over log-leaders Sundowns. "Conceding four goals in two games is a huge, worrying factor‚" he said. While...

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