{"id":463455,"date":"2011-07-18T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/18\/orlando-pirates-want-to-beat-tottenham-hotspur-%e2%80%93-lucas-thwala\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T17:12:00","slug":"orlando-pirates-want-to-beat-tottenham-hotspur-lucas-thwala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/orlando-pirates-want-to-beat-tottenham-hotspur-lucas-thwala\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Pirates want to beat Tottenham Hotspur \u2013 Lucas Thwala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>18 Jul 2011 18:12:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.4389212057\">\n<div readability=\"20.9323308271\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kaizer Chiefs' Abia Nale &#038; Orlando Pirates' Lucas Thwala\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/128500\/128552_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kaizer Chiefs&#8217; Abia Nale &#038; Orlando Pirates&#8217; Lucas Thwala<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"35.004302397\">Having seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/south-africa\/986\/kaizer-chiefs\">Kaizer Chiefs<\/a> beat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> in the opening game of the Vodacom Challenge, forgotten <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/south-africa\/1599\/orlando-pirates\">Orlando Pirates<\/a> defender Lucas Thwala has warned the visitors to expect more of the same on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>George Lebese struck in injury-time to hand the Amakhosi a deserved 1-0 win against Spurs in Polokwane, and Thwala, back after missing the whole of last season with an ankle injury, says his side will give their all to inflict more misery on Harry Redknapp\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously we will go for the win,\u201d Thwala told <em>KickOff.com<\/em> at Mbombela Stadium. \u201cBut now that they have lost against Chiefs it is going to be a bit more difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spurs are expected to start the game against Pirates with the likes of Gareth Bale, Rafael van der Vaart and Aaron Lennon, who all came off the bench against Chiefs. Steven Pienaar and Luka Modric could also feature after missing out altogether at the Peter Mokaba Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Thwala says the spirit in the camp is high and that they cannot wait to officially get their pre-season preparations started.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything is going well so far,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have any injuries and everybody\u2019s doing fine, including the new guys who have been welcomed into the team. We are very motivated ahead of the new season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe are very excited about a tournament like the Vodacom Challenge. It\u2019s not about the individual, but about the team. But then it is also a good opportunity for us \u2013 maybe they will be interested in one of our players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Harry Redknapp arrives in South Africa on Monday after missing the first few days of the pre-season tour.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/18\/2580487\/orlando-pirates-want-to-beat-tottenham-hotspur-lucas-thwala\" title=\"Orlando Pirates want to beat Tottenham Hotspur \u2013 Lucas Thwala\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orlando Pirates want to beat Tottenham Hotspur \u2013 Lucas Thwala<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 18 Jul 2011 18:12:00 Kaizer Chiefs&#8217; Abia Nale &#038; Orlando Pirates&#8217; Lucas Thwala Related Links Teams Having seen Kaizer Chiefs beat Tottenham Hotspur in the opening game of the Vodacom Challenge, forgotten Orlando Pirates defender Lucas Thwala has warned the visitors to expect more of the same on Tuesday. George Lebese struck in injury-time to hand the Amakhosi a deserved 1-0 win against Spurs in Polokwane, and Thwala, back after missing the whole of last season with an ankle injury, says his side will give their all to inflict more misery on Harry Redknapp\u2019s team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Orlando Pirates want to beat Tottenham Hotspur \u2013 Lucas Thwala - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/orlando-pirates-want-to-beat-tottenham-hotspur-lucas-thwala\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Orlando Pirates want to beat Tottenham Hotspur \u2013 Lucas Thwala - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"18 Jul 2011 18:12:00 Kaizer Chiefs&#039; Abia Nale &amp; Orlando Pirates&#039; Lucas Thwala Related Links Teams Having seen Kaizer Chiefs beat Tottenham Hotspur in the opening game of the Vodacom Challenge, forgotten Orlando Pirates defender Lucas Thwala has warned the visitors to expect more of the same on Tuesday. 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