'When you poke the bear that's what happens' - Clinton Larsen delights in Magesi FC win over Orlando Pirates as Jose Riveiro rues poor defending after Thabiso Sesane horror show

Magesi FC dumped Orlando Pirates out of the Carling Knockout with a 3-2 victory at the Orlando Stadium on Saturday afternoon. 

Bucs defender Thabiso Sasane had a terrible game as he scored an own goal and also conceded a penalty. 

However, towards the end of the match, the Sea Robbers fought back against Dikwena Tsa Meetse, but they only managed to score two late goals which proved to be mere consolation for the Soweto giants.

Magesi coach Clinton Larsen and his Pirates counterpart Riverio shared their thoughts about the intense game. 

"We (Magesi) knew we'd create chances today, it's a matter of taking it or not and today we took our chances. When you poke the bear that is what happens. They (Orlando Pirates) came at us, but credit to them, they are a quality team," the former Pirates midfielder told SuperSport TV. 

"I thought the better team lost today. We gave a spirited performance but up against a quality coach and technical team and the players some of my players are in awe of them. 

"I am for the club and the spirit shown by my players. I am happy that we are through to the next round of the competition."

"We didn't play that bad, even in the first half 2-0 down but the goals were something obscene, to be honest, we cannot afford to defend those situations as a team because it was not individual mistakes," Riveiro said after the match. 

"Sometimes it happens, it was as a collective, it is something to be concerned about from my side. 3-0 at halftime, it was really difficult to come back, we tried until the end, and we were close.

"It's difficult to explain that we didn't score more than one or two goals but congratulations to the opponent, they did their job, they managed to slow down the game enough to utilize their chances in transitions, that's the reading of the game," explained the Spanish tactician. 

"Mohau Nkota, Rele Mofokeng, Tshegofatso Mabasa, everybody had different types of chances today but it was not our day in front of goal. We could not even solve the problem that we created ourselves in the first-half because we created more than enough. Today was not our day, congratulations to Magesi and we move to the next one."

Magesi will discover their quarter-final opponents on Sunday after the conclusion of the round of 16 matches.

The Limpopo-based outfit will face Cape Town City away from home on October 27 in a PSL match.

On the other hand, Pirates will be aiming to return to winning ways when they host SuperSport United at the Orlando Stadium on Tuesday in a league clash.