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IMamelodi Sundowns izokwamukela iKaizer Chiefs eLoftus Versfeld ngoLwesithathu ebusuku ukuphusha isicoco seligi esiyirekhodi lesishiyagalolunye.
IKaizer Chiefs kumele ihlule iMamelodi Sundowns ngoLwesithathu ebusuku ukuze izitholele indawo yesithathu neyokuhlungela iCAF Confederation Cup.
Abalandeli be-Orlando Pirates bafuna umusa omkhulu. Bathandazela ukuthi iKaizer Chiefs ikwazi ukuhlula iMamelodi Sundowns ePitoli ngoLwesithathu ebusuku.
Umdlalo weBetway Premiership uzoqala ngo-7.30 ebusuku eLoftus Versfeld.
Ukuwina kweKaizer Chiefs kuzoyinciphisa ijubane iMamelodi Sundowns. ISundowns iphokophele ukunqoba isicoco seligi esiyirekhodi sesishiyagalolunye kulandelana.
ISundowns iqhwakele kuligi ngamaphuzu angu-64. I-Orlando Pirates isendaweni yesibili ngamaphuzu angu-62.
IKaizer Chiefs isanqobe umdlalo owodwa kuphela kwengu-10 yeligi ibhekene neSundowns.
Kodwa iChiefs ingabheka emuva emdlalweni wayo wokugcina ePitoli. Ihlule iSundowns ngo 2-1 emdlalweni owandulela owamanqamu weNedbank Cup ngesizini edlule. U-Ashley du Preez ushaye igoli eliwinise iqembu sekwephuzile.
Umdlali wasemuva weSundowns, uGrant Kekana, uthe umsebenzi onzima ulindele iqembu lakhe.
“Kuzoba wumdlalo onzima, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi benze kahle ngomzuliswano wesibili ukuze babe kule ndawo abakuyo,” kusho uKekana.
Uthe iSundowns iyazi ukuthi iChiefs iyingozi ngisho iChiefs ihlulwe yiSiwelele FC.
“Sihlela ukuyichitha ngalolu suku, kuzoba wumdlalo onzima kodwa kuzoba yiwona esiwulungiselele,” usho kanje.
Amaqembu amabili afuna izinto ezahlukene. ISundowns ifuna ukuvula igebe elikhulu embangweni wesicoco. IKaizer Chiefs ifuna ukuthola indawo yesithathu ukuze ingene kwiCAF Confederation Cup.
ISundowns izodlala kowamanqamu weCAF Champions League ne-AS FAR ngesonto elizayo. Kodwa uKekana uthe iqembu licabanga ngoLwesithathu kuphela.
“Njengamanje sigxile kwiChiefs,” usho kanje.
ISundowns isanda kushaya iPolokwane City kabili.
“Ukuzethemba kwethu sekubuyile futhi sifuna ukuqeda ngamandla,” kusho uKekana.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UGrant Kekana.
Umthombo wesithombe: IMamelodi Sundowns