Dylan Bettencourt
Ngesikhathi i-Kaizer Chiefs ihlehlisa imidlalo yayo ngoZibandlela ngenxa ye-Covid-19, yaphula imithetho ecacile ye-Premier Soccer League (PSL) mayelana nalolu bhubhane.
Kodwa ngesonto eledlule izinkantolo zanikeza ompetha base-Soweto izintambo. Isinqumo sithi Amakhosi angeke alahlekelwe amaphuzu ngokuhluleka ukuhlonipha imidlalo emibili, futhi le midlalo isazophinde idlalwe futhi.
Umphathi we-Cape Town City, uJohn Comitis, akeneme neze ngesinqumo esisho ukuthi i-Chiefs ivunyelwe ngokomthetho ukweqa imithetho.
“Lolu usuku olumnyama ebholeni laseNingizimu Afrika,” kusho uComitis etshela i-Marawa Sports Worldwide.
Imithetho elungisiwe yeligi ekhuluma nge-Covid-19 ithi alikho iqembu elivunyelwe ukuthi imidlalo yalo ihlehliswe ngenxa yaleli gciwane.
Nokho i-Chiefs ibhalele iligi icela ukuthi imidlalo yayo ihlehliswe njengoba inamalungu angu-52 esikwatini ahlolelwe i-Covid-19 kodwa i-PSL yathatha amasonto amathathu ukuphendula.
Ukubambezeleka kwempendulo kwenze i-Chiefs yangayihlonipha imidlalo yabo ne-Cape Town City kanye ne-Golden Arrows koweligi.
“Lapha sineqembu elingafiki emdlalweni, futhi siyayivumela le nto ukuthi ifinyelele kuleli qophelo ngoba asizange senze lutho. Ngiphoxeke kakhulu,” kusho uComitis.
I-PSL yagcine ithwese Amakhosi icala ngokungayihloniphi imidlalo kwathi ompetha base-Soweto basiphikisa isinqumo.
Ngemuva kwengxabano ende, isivumelwano se-South African Football Association (Safa) sivune i-Chiefs.
UComitis uthe lesi sinqumo sizobeka isithunzi seligi engcupheni njengoba amaqembu angase aphule imithetho angenziwa lutho.
“Singakhathazeki ngamakomidi alawula izigwegwe ngoba singakwazi ukweqa imithetho seqe nolayini wokuxazulula izinkinga esibhekene nazo, kodwa ukuthembeka kweligi kusengcupheni,” kusho uComitis.
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