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Baroka forward Mbulu insists Pirates are not dangerous

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Baroka striker Richard Mbulu says Orlando Pirates are not dangerous, instead it is his side who are the dangerous ones as they are playing for their lives in the remaining games of the season.

The two sides clash at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Tuesday evening with Baroka searching for an important three points in their bid for survival, while the Soweto giants are aiming to finish as high as possible up the table.

Despite being table bottom-dwellers, Mbulu says his side are confident of being able to drag themselves to safety.

“Pirates are not dangerous. We’re the ones who’re dangerous because we’re desperate for points … we’re playing for our lives now. We are also a home team, so we’re positive we’ll win tomorrow [Tuesday]. The [relegation] battle will go down to the wire because the point gap is not big between the bottom teams, so we are fighting until the end,” said Mbulu.

“The talk among us as Baroka players is that we mustn’t panic. We put ourselves in this situation and we’ll get ourselves out of it without panicking. There’s no need to panic. This [failing to win games] is normal in football … it’s a phase, it will come to an end soon enough.”

Pirates currently sit fifth on the table and will be desperate to finish the season strong in order to seal a spot in continental football for next season.