{"id":110261,"date":"2026-01-08T11:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/110261\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:26:13","slug":"ex-kaizer-chiefs-star-hails-abdeslam-ouaddou-orlando-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/110261\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Kaizer Chiefs star hails Abdeslam Ouaddou, Orlando Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive Interview<\/p>\n<p>Former Chiefs star praises Ouaddou, Pirates<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19ce48866be3a5f17100e8bda4aa3494.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Orlando Pirates<\/p>\n<p>Former Kaizer Chiefs striker Wedson Nyirenda has heaped praise on Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou and the Buccaneers for their performances this season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Sea Robbers currently sit atop the Betway Premiership table, and are two points clear of second-placed defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns, having played one game less.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Pirates have already clinched the MTN8 title, the Carling Knockout Cup &#8211; their first League Cup since the 2011\/12 campaign, and also secured the Carling Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Foot Africa, Nyirenda hailed Ouaddou, who succeeded Jose Riveiro in the off-season, for the immediate impact he has had in charge of Pirates.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach Abdeslam Ouaddou has really fit in well and is consolidating on what the other coach left well. In a short time he has managed to grab three trophies. He is a simple but intelligent coach,\u201d said the Zambian tactician.<\/p>\n<p>While Ouaddou&#8217;s men have somewhat dominated the first round in the South African topflight, they crashed out of the CAF Champions League in the second preliminary round.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nyirenda, who guided Baroka FC to Telkom Knockout glory at the expense of Pirates in 2018, believes Bucs&#8217; premature exit is a blessing in disguise as they seek for the elusive league title.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have started well and falling out of the CAF Champions League should be taken as a blessing in disguise so that they can concentrate on the local league,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are playing as a team and flow well. They have a very dangerous frontline in the league. All they should worry about is the replacement of [Mbekezeli] Mbokazi.<\/p>\n<p>Pirates will return to action with a Betway Premiership clash against Sekhukhune United at Peter Mokaba Stadium on 24 January after the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview Former Chiefs star praises Ouaddou, Pirates Photo: Orlando Pirates Former Kaizer Chiefs striker Wedson Nyirenda has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[54600,13751,16311,56316,56318,21531,139,141,140,10336,56317],"class_list":{"0":"post-110261","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-abdeslam-ouaddou","9":"tag-betway-premiership","10":"tag-caf-champions-league","11":"tag-kaizer-chiefs","12":"tag-league-cup","13":"tag-mamelodi-sundowns","14":"tag-orlando","15":"tag-orlando-headlines","16":"tag-orlando-news","17":"tag-orlando-pirates","18":"tag-wedson-nyirenda"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}