Nedbank Cup: Dondol Stars Aim for Monumental Upset Against Orlando Pirates

• The Nedbank Cup is the platform for minnows to target upsets against their more established
• ABC Motsepe Championship outfit Dondol Stars have the perfect opportunity to continue their giant-killing ways during the current tournament
• Eight-time winners Orlando Pirates stand in the Gauteng team's way in the quarterfinal stage of the competition

Dondol Stars will be looking to claim a big scalp in the Nedbank Cup when they face Orlando Pirates in a quarterfinal match at Peter Mokaba Stadium (3pm) on Saturday.

In 2013, unknown Maluti FET obliterated the Buccaneers 4-1 in the Round of 32 stage of the competition for one of the all-time great South African sports upsets. The ABC Motsepe Championship Gauteng team will look to give the eight-time champions another such nightmare in Limpopo.

Speaking to SuperSport, coach Vincent Rammoni said:

“We are still the same small club, we will try and learn from Pirates the same way we did against AmaZulu and SuperSport. We know why and how we have reached this stage. There is a lot of work that has been done in the background. The two wins have put us under a lot of pressure, and now we have to work three times as hard.

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The Nedbank Cup has helped the technical team and the players in our journey to gain promotion to the first division [Motsepe Foundation Championship]. We were conceding a lot of goals, now we are more ruthless and no longer concede cheap goals. We cannot use the same tactics we used in the previous rounds of the tournament because Pirates play a different kind of football.”

As mentioned by Rammoni, Stars upset AmaZulu in the Last 16, as well as SuperSport United in the Round of 32.

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