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IBafana kumele isuke eMonterrey iye ePachuca bese idlulela eLos Angeles ngaphambi komdlalo womkhumulajezi neCanada ngeSonto.
UHugo Broos uthi ukululama kubaluleke ngaphezu kokuqeqeshwa njengoba iNingizimu Afrika izama ukufinyelela ku-Last 16 yeNdebe yoMhlaba.
IBafana Bafana izophumula, hhayi ukuziqeqesha, ngaphambi komdlalo wayo womkhumulajezi neCanada.
Umqeqeshi uHugo Broos uthe ukululama sekuseqhulwini ngemuva kokunqoba kweNingizimu Afrika ngo 1-0 kuSouth Korea eMonterrey.
Lowo mphumela wafaka iBafana okokuqala esigabeni somkhumulajezi eNdebeni yoMhlaba.
Elakuleli selizobhekana neCanada eLos Angeles Stadium ngeSonto.
Kodwa iBafana inohlelo olunzima lokuhamba ngaphambi komdlalo.
Indiza isuka eMonterrey iya ePachuca ngoLwesine, bese ilibangise eLos Angeles ngoLwesihlanu. EPachuca, okungu-95km ukusuka eMexico City obekuyisizinda sokuqeqesha iBafana.
UBroos uthe uhlelo alulungile ngoba indiza esuka eMexico City iya eLos Angeles cishe ingamahora amane.
“Kubuhlungu ukuthi kufanele siye e-Pachuca ngoLwesine bese siya e-LA ngemuva kwalokho. Besivele sifuna ukuya e-LA ngoLwesine, kodwa i-Fifa ayizange ikuvumele,” kusho u-Broos.
“Kuyasicasula lokho ngoba besifuna ukuhamba kusasa siye lapho sidlalela khona umdlalo, kodwa akunjalo.”
UBroos uthe iBafana kumele manje ilulame.
“Kuzofanele silulame kahle ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo futhi ukuqeqeshwa akubalulekile kangako,” kusho yena.
Uthe abadlali bazoqala ukuhlaziya iCanada bazilungiselele ngokusemandleni abo.
“Ukululama yinto ebaluleke kakhulu kanti ngeSonto uzobona iqembu elizikholelwayo neqembu elizolwa kanzima imizuzu engu-90,” kusho uBroos.
ICanada ihlulwe ngo 2-1 yiSwitzerland eVancouver yaphinde yaphuthwa yithuba lokuqeda iqhwakele kuGroup B.
Lokho kusho ukuthi abasenalo ithuba lokudlala eVancouver.
UBroos uthe iBafana ikhula ngesikhathi esifanele.
“Asiwesabi amanye amaqembu. Siyohlale silwa njengoba senzile kuSouth Korea sizokwenzanjalo nangeSonto,” esho.
UTeboho Mokoena uzobakhona ngemuva kokumiswa.
ICanada ibekwe endaweni ka-31 emhlabeni futhi inabadlali abakwiligi, okuhlanganisa neMajor League Soccer.
UBroos uthe iBafana ifuna ukuhlala kulo mqhudelwano isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka.
“Angazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani ngeSonto, kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi abadlali bazobe bekulungele ukuzama ukuya emzuliswaneni olandelayo, okuzoba umlando nakakhulu,” esho.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Umqeqeshi weBafana Bafana uHugo Broos uthi ukululama kuzobaluleka kakhulu kunokuqeqeshwa ngaphambi komdlalo weCanada.
Umthombo wesithombe: @BafanaBafana