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I-Arsenal ishaye i-Lyon ngamagoli amathathu eqandeni njengoba iNdebe ye-Dubai Super isiqalile.
Njengoba wonke umhlaba ubheke ngabomvu isigaba sama-quarter final e-Qatar, omakhelwane bezwe i-UAE bazobona abadlali ababathandayo bukhoma njengoba kuqale iNdebe ye-Dubai Super eqala maphakathi nesizini.
Ngaphandle kwe-Arsenal ne-Lyon, lo mqhudelwano uzophinde unikeze abalandeli base-Dubai ithuba lokubona i-Liverpool ne-AC Milan ezinsukwini ezizayo.
Ngemithetho ethile ebekiwe abalandeli bazojabulela ukubona abadlali ababathandayo kanti yonke imidlalo izoba senkundleni i-Al Maktoum okuyikhaya le-Al Nasr SC.
Ukuvula phakathi kweqembu elikhulu le-Premier League kanye neqembu elaziwayo lase-France bekuyinto ethokozisayo njengoba uMikel Arteta enikeze ithemba kwinqwaba yamagama amakhulu kanye nentsha ethile ethembisayo.
Umphathi we-Arsenal ukhulume ne-Scrolla.Africa esithangamini sabezindaba sosuku, wathi isimo sezulu esifudumele sase-Middle East angeke sithikameze abadlali njengoba belungiselela ingxenye yesibili yomkhankaso we-Premier League.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi kuhlale kulula ukuza ngale ndlela ngoba abadlali bajabule kakhulu ukubona ilanga futhi bezilolonga ngaphansi kwezimo ezingcono.”
“Mhlawumbe kuzoba nzima uma sibuyela e-London ikakhulukazi ngendlela isimo sezulu esibukeka ngayo manje, kodwa sesikujwayele lokho. Siziqeqesha khona nsuku zonke futhi sinenhlanhla. Isimo sezulu asisinaki njengoba sinezinye izinto eziningi esibhekene nazo.”
Isiwombe sokuqala sihambe ngesivinini kanti ama-Gunners abehamba phambili.
UFabio Vieira ube esevala isiwombe sokuqala ngegoli elihle kakhulu emizuzwini emihlanu ngaphambi kwekhefu.
Yize kungene amagoli esiwombeni sesibili, abalandeli abasondele ku-8 000 abebekhona bebezothola imali yabo njengoba umthetho womqhudelwano usho ukuthi noma ngabe umphumela uthini, kuzoba namaphenathi ekupheleni komdlalo ngamunye.
Womabili la maqembu asele nomdlalo owodwa kanti i-Arsenal izobhekana ne-Milan, i-Lyon izodlala ne-Liverpool ngaphambi kokuthi ama-Reds neqembu lase-Italy libhekane emdlalweni wokugcina. Iqembu elizowina ekugcineni lizophakamisa iNdebe ye-Dubai Super.
Isithombe ngenhla ngeseqembu le-Arsenal libhekene ne-Lyon e-Dubai
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