Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has declined personal credit after Kamogelo Sebelebele’s heroic performance in a makeshift right-back position.
Last Saturday, the Thembisa-born star struck an equaliser against Mamelodi Sundowns in the MTN8 semifinals at Orlando Stadium.
Following Deano Van Rooyen’s exit, Sebebelele moved to right-back before his goal cancelled out Teboho Mokoena’s opener and kept the tie alive at 1-1.
ORLANDO PIRATES COACH ABDESLAM OUADDOU ON KAMOGELO SEBELEBELE
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“In modern football… you have to be able to play at least two positions. … Sebelebele gave me a solution,” the Moroccan coach told the media.
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“It doesn’t mean that I did a fantastic job… I had a feeling that it’d work and it worked. I knew that he [Sebelebele] can be efficient at right-back and I was looking for somebody, as we were trailing 1-0, who’s able to use the channel and deliver some crosses while he’s also good defensively.
“Sometimes it [changing players’ natural positions] works like it worked today, but sometimes it doesn’t work. It [that Sebelebele impressed at right-back] doesn’t mean that I did a fantastic job, no! I had a feeling that it’d work and it worked, but maybe another day it won’t work and people will say it’s not a good change, but I am happy today it worked,” the Orlando Pirates mentor concluded.
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