Sphiwe Masilela
Abathandi bebhola baseMzansi basethubeni lokuzijabulisa njengoba ukungqubuzana phakathi kwamaqembu aphezulu etafuleni, iMamelodi Sundowns ekhathele kanye naMaZulu aphumule kahle uqala ngoLwesithathu ntambama.
Umncintiswano ose-Jonsson Kings Park uzonikeza inkomba yokuthi isicoco sizoya ngakuphi.
UVeli Mothwa unozinti waMaZulu, ukholwa wukuthi iSundowns ingashaywa.
“ISundowns yiqembu elikhulu kodwa lapha enkundleni sisuke sesibhekene ngqo kungasabenzi gama laqembu,” kusho uMothwa.
“Isimo ekhempini sihle kakhulu. Sisebenza kanzima ukwakha kulokho esesikuzuzile kuze kube manje.”
Usuthu olusendaweni yesibili lusele ngamaphuzu ayisithupha kwiSundowns kanti futhi seludlale imidlalo emibili ngaphezulu.
Noma benganqoba isicoco sabo amathemba basazoba nawo isikhathi eside, kanti ukunqoba kweSundowns nakanjani kuzokwenza ukuthi “kuphothulwe umdlalo”
Kodwa-ke, ukunqoba kwabafana bakaBenni McCarthy kusho ukuthi behlise umehluko wamaphuzu ngohafu.
Nokunqoba kwabo okuyisithupha ngokulandelana phambilini sekuvele kuyirekhodi lekilabhu.
Kungaba isitatimende esikhulu uma bezokwengeza lokho ngokuqhubekayo, futhi bavule umncintiswano wesicoco kancane.
AmaBrazilians asevele eseziqophele irekhodi elisha kule sizini ngemuva kokudlala imidlalo engama-20 engakahlulwa koweligi ngokunqoba eyi-13 nokudlala ngokulingana eyisikhombisa.
Bagezeka ubebebe ngesikhathi bekhishwa ku-Nedbank Cup iTshakuma Tsha Madzivhandila.
ISundowns njengamanje isifuna ukuba yiqembu lokuqala emlandweni we-PSL ukudlula kulo mkhankaso ingakahlulwa.
AmaZulu awakaze ayishaye iSundowns emdlalweni weligi oseThekwini kusukela ngowe-1992.
Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yefomu yabo yamanje, futhi njengoba iSundowns isidlale imidlalo emihlanu ezinsukwini eziyi-15, kungenzeka ingalitholi ithuba elingcono kunamanje.
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