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Nedbank Cup: Orlando Pirates' Zinnbauer will show no mercy for Maritzburg United's Middendorp

The German is more interested in seeing his side progress to the next round rather than feeling sorry for his struggling counterpart

Ernst Middendorp's Maritzburg United and Josef Zinnbauer's Orlando Pirates will meet in a Nedbank Cup encounter on Saturday in what will be a battle between two German managers.

The two mentors will battle it out for a spot in the quarter-finals at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Zinnbauer has dubbed the tie a 'special' encounter as he will lock horns with his countryman for the third time.

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Both coaches have claimed victories against each other and with Saturday being a knockout encounter, a winner is guaranteed.