Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
IBafana Bafana ifike ekhaya kubalandeli abambalwa ngemuva kokuhlulwa yiCameroon ku-Afcon.
Umqeqeshi uHugo Broos uxolisile wathi iqembu kumele lilungise amaphutha ngaphambi kweNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2026.
Ngonyaka odlule, uHugo Broos neBafana Bafana bafike ekhaya bengamaqhawe ngemuva kokudla ubhedu ku-Afcon.
Kulokhu bekungekho ukwamukelwa okukhulu. Iqembu lifike kuthuli esikhumulweni sezindiza i-OR Tambo International ngoLwesithathu ekuseni ngemuva kokukhishwa i-Cameroon.
Bekukhona idlanzana labalandeli ukuzobingelela abadlali. Ngisho nokumanga okufudumele okuvela kuNgqongqoshe Wezemidlalo uGayton McKenzie akukwazanga ukuphakamisa umoya kaBros.
“Ngingasho nje ukuthi ngiyaxolisa ngokwenzekile,” kusho uBroos. “Besifuna ukuya phambili. Besifuna ukufinyelela kuma-semi final futhi, kodwa akwenzekanga.”
Lo mqeqeshi uvumile ukuthi iqembu lishaye phansi wathi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi kubhekwe ukuthi konakelephi.
“Njengoba kuza iNdebe yoMhlaba, kumele sicabangisise,” esho. “Ngizowabheka amaphutha ami nabadlali kumele benze okufanayo.”
UBroos uke wagxekwa ngendlela iqembu elizilungiselele ngayo i-Afcon. Ngaphambi komqhudelwano, iBafana idlale imidlalo yobungani ne-Zambia ne-Ghana.
UBroos uphinde waveza inkinga enkulu ebhekene nebhola laseNingizimu Afrika.
“Kunegebe elikhulu phakathi kwezinga le-PSL ne-Afcon,” usho kanje. “Amanye amaqembu anabadlali e-Europe. Asinabo, futhi lokho kwenza izinto zibe nzima.”
Uvikele ukukhetha kwakhe futhi wakuchitha ukugxekwa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
“Bakhuluma kakhulu uma sihlulwa,” usho kanje. “Sengineminyaka emine ngilapha. Ngeke ngikulalele lokho manje.”
IBafana isigxile kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2026. Kulindeleke ukuthi babhekane ne-Mexico, i-South Korea kanye ne-Denmark.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Umqeqeshi weBafana Bafana uHugo Broos.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela