Orlando Pirates have received a favourable draw for the 2022 CAF Confederation Cup which starts in February
Supporters were thrilled with the draw, believing that it would be a relatively easy path into the knockout stage despite a difficult travel programme
Former goalkeeper William Shongwe warned them and the players to not fall into a mindset of complacency by underestimating their opponents

Orlando Pirates have found out who their opponents will be in the 2022 edition of the CAF Confederations Cup starting in February.

The Buccaneers will take on JS Saoura (Algeria), Al-Ittihad (Libya) and the winners of a play-off between JS Kabyile (Algeria) and Royal Leopards (Eswatini). Pirates will hope Leopards defeat Kabyile, because this would force the team to fly to North Africa for each one of its away matches in the group stages, an arduous and historically unpleasant journey.

orlando pirates, caf, confederations cup — Orlando Pirates have received a favourable CAF Confed Cup draw, something which has thrilled supporters. Image source: orlandopirates/Instagram
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However, supporters were pleased with the draw, believing that the Soweto giants would breeze through the group. Despite this optimism, legendary former goalkeeper William Shongwe warned Pirates players to not get drawn into believing the hype by underestimating their opponents.

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He told KickOff:

"I understand people's belief but I want now to assure them that the teams that eventually falls down to the Confed Cup group stages are the teams that lifted league titles in their own country. It can take the form team two or three games to reach the final, but it doesn't take away the quality of the teams.

"So the quality of those leagues is no piece of cake and those that were in the Champions League have now graduated to Confed Cup group stages. It's not going to be easy, in each team that is in the group stages there's quality."

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