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INdebe Yomhlaba ye-FIFA yalonyaka e-Qatar isalelwe izinyanga eziyishumi kuphela kanti futhi njengoba sonke sizifela ngebhola, inyanga kaLwezi angeke ifike maduze. Kodwa imidlalo yokuhlunga ebhekwe ngabomvu iveze ukuthi akulungile ukuthi kube amaqembu amahlanu kuphela ase-Afrika azohambela lo mqhudelwano.
Ngokujwayelekile, umqhudelwano udlalwa ngoNhlangulana nangoNtulikazi kodwa ngenxa ye-Covid-19 kube nokubambezeleka kokuphothulwa kwezinto.
Ngenxa yokushisa okwedlulele ezinyangeni zasehlobo e-Qatar, umqhudelwano uzoqala ngasekupheleni konyaka.
Amanye amaqembu, ikakhulukazi awase-Europe kanye nawaseNingizimu neMelika, vele asedlulele phambili esigabeni somqhudelwano kanti amanye asazodlala imidlalo ezoqala ngoNdasa.
Lokhu kuzokwenzeka ikakhulukazi emaqenjini ase-Afrika.
NgoMgqibelo ngibuke amaqembu esizwe ayishumi elwela izindawo ezinhlanu e-Qatar, ngabona ukuthi abadlali abaningi abaphambili emhlabeni bazophuthelwa umqhudelwano walo nyaka.
Ngokwesibonelo, i-Senegal iqhathwe ne-Egypt. Amazwe amabili amakhulu akulungele ukungena kwiNdebe Yomhlaba.
Sizobona izihlabani ze-Liverpool uSadio Mane noMo Salah betholana phezulu njengoba omunye wabo ezoya e-Qatar. I-Cameroon ne-Algeria –amanye amaqembu amabili anamandla e-Afrika nawo aqhathwe ndawonye.
Lokho kusho ukuthi kukhona okungenzeka futhi singase singamboni uRiyad Mahrez noma uVincent Aboubakar e-Qatar. Siphinde sabona i-Nigeria iqhathwa ne-Ghana kanti lokhu into enkulu.
Ngaphandle kokwehluleka kwabo kwi-African Cup of Nations eqhubekayo, basengamaqembu amahle anabadlali abanohlonze. Kuyihlazo ukuthi oyedwa kuphela ozodlulela ekugcineni.
Ukudlala ngokulingana kukhombisa ukuthi ibhola lingaba nonya kangakanani. Ngiyameseka umqeqeshi weBafana Bafana uHugo Broos ngokugxeka i-FIFA ngokunika i-Afrika izikhala ezinhlanu kuphela eNdebeni yoMhlaba.
“Emidlalweni yokuhlunga e-Afrika kunamazwe angu-40 azolwela izindawo eziyishumi zokuqala kweyamaqoqo.
Bese kuba amazwe amahlanu kuphela aya e-Qatar lokho akulungile,” kusho yena.
Akulungile ukubona ezinye zalezi zizwe ezinkulu ziphuthelwa ilomqhudelwano.
Angu-32 amaqembu abambe iqhaza kowamanqamu eNdebe yoMhlaba.
I-Europe inezikhala ezingu-13, i-Afrika, i-Asia kanye neNingizimu yeMelika ngayinye inezinhlanu, iNyakatho/ ephakathi neMelika kanye ne-Caribbean inezindawo ezine.
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