{"id":148819,"date":"2025-11-30T10:52:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=148819"},"modified":"2025-11-30T10:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:52:29","slug":"vilakazi-chippa-wont-go-down-coach-reacts-to-2-0-defeat-at-orlando-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=148819","title":{"rendered":"Vilakazi: \u2018Chippa Won\u2019t Go Down\u2019 | Coach Reacts to 2-0 Defeat at Orlando Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uL6vaR4aRxw?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Chippa United head coach Vusumuzi Vilakazi faced the media after his side fell 2-0 to Orlando Pirates in the Betway Premiership at Orlando Stadium \u2014 and he delivered an honest, detailed breakdown of the performance and the road ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In this full post-match press conference, Vilakazi discusses:<br \/>\n\u2022 Why the result doesn\u2019t reflect Chippa\u2019s progress<br \/>\n\u2022 The first-half tactical plan to frustrate Pirates<br \/>\n\u2022 How lapses in concentration decided the game<br \/>\n\u2022 Why Chippa pushed higher after conceding<br \/>\n\u2022 His belief that \u201cChippa will never go down\u201d under his watch<br \/>\n\u2022 The role of youngsters like Ubonane stepping up from the DDC<br \/>\n\u2022 Why he\u2019s not concerned about the transfer window<br \/>\n\u2022 Improving habits, balancing defence and attack, and building confidence<br \/>\n\u2022 Thoughts on individual performances, including Matiwane\u2019s versatility<br \/>\n\u2022 The challenge of facing a Pirates side with high-impact substitutes<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uL6vaR4aRxw\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chippa United head coach Vusumuzi Vilakazi faced the media after his side fell 2-0 to Orlando Pirates in the Betway Premiership at Orlando Stadium \u2014 and he delivered an honest,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9836,"featured_media":148820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/148820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}