Orlando Pirates 1-0 UD Las Palmas - After 265 minutes of football over three years the Buccaneers finally score against the Yellows
Orlando Pirates secured a 1-0 victory against UD Las Palmas in a pre-season friendly, marking their first goal against the Spanish side in three years. The match featured a heavily rotated squad, with young midfielder Camren Dansin serving as captain and Boitumelo Radiopane scoring the decisive goal.
Why it matters
The match highlights the development of young talent within the Orlando Pirates squad and provides insight into the team's tactical depth ahead of the new season.
These two sides had met in pre-season friendlies in 2023 and 2025, both of which ended in 0-0 draws. But finally, in 2026 after a further 85 minutes of stalemate, Boitumelo Radiopane got in behind the Spanish club's backline and finished smartly to give Pirates a goal and the win on the day.
With the 3-2 defeat against Al-Ittihad on Tuesday coming just 24 hours before this match against Las Palmas, Abdeslam Ouaddou made loads of changes to his starting XI as new signings Ghampani Lungu, Neo Rapoo, Matome Mmolai, Mthetheleli Mthiyane and Sbangani Zulu were all included in the line-up.
That young midfielder Camren Dansin was given the captain's armband gives an insight to how much this was a new-look side running onto the field for the kick off.
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