{"id":5380,"date":"2025-11-06T16:26:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=5380"},"modified":"2025-11-06T16:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:26:38","slug":"ouaddou-dedicates-psl-award-to-players-and-entire-pirates-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/5380\/national\/ouaddou-dedicates-psl-award-to-players-and-entire-pirates-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Ouaddou dedicates PSL award to players and entire Pirates staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has dedicated his Betway Premiership award to the players, the technical team and the entire club staff, saying they deserve it more than him.<br \/><br \/>Ouaddou was named the Betway Premiership Coach of the Month for September\/October on Wednesday after leading the Buccaneers to three consecutive league victories without conceding a goal.<\/p>\n<p>Like I said, I don\u2019t like individual awards,\u201d said Ouaddou.<br \/><br \/>\u201cFor me, being named Coach of the Month is thanks to the players. They deserve the credit. I must also thank my staff, the South African technical team working with me, and the management for their support.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5385\" style=\"width: 1270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5385\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Abdeslam-Ouaddou-30-scaled-1-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1270\" height=\"1071\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Abdeslami Ouaddou, Orlando Pirates head coach\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cInstead of saying \u2018Ouaddou is the Coach of the Month,\u2019 I prefer to say Orlando Pirates are the Club of the Month. This award belongs to everyone involved,\u201d added Ouaddou.<br \/><br \/>Ouaddou was speaking after his side\u2019s victory over Golden Arrows at the King Zwelithini Stadium on Wednesday night.<br \/><br \/>A goal in the first half and a brace by substitute Yanela Mbuthuma gave a 3-1 win over Abafana Bes\u2019thende.<\/p>\n<p>The victory took Pirates to second place on the log with 22 points after 10 matches, just three points behind leaders Mamelodi Sundowns. Pirates, however, still have two games in hand.<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"5324\"  data-title=\"\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the game against Arrows, the Buccaneers will change focus to the Carling Knockout where they face Richards Bay in the Carling Knockout semi-final at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has dedicated his Betway Premiership award to the players, the technical team and&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,37,43],"tags":[46,70,39,48,50,58,53,68],"class_list":["post-5380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national","category-soccer","category-sports","tag-africa","tag-caf","tag-entertainment","tag-feature","tag-international","tag-national","tag-soccer","tag-sport","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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