Lubhalwe nguMichael Madyira
Umqeqeshi weBafana Bafana uHugo Broos usezwakalise ukukhathazeka ngabasekeli beqembu abaduba imidlalo yabo.
Imidlalo yamanje ye-FIFA yamazwe ngamazwe yenze iNingizimu Afrika yadlala phambi kwenkundla ebihanjelwe abalandeli abancane e-Orlando Stadium kuyona yomibili imidlalo yobungani bedlala ne-Namibia ne-DR Congo.
Ibhekene ne-Congo, abalandeli bezimbangi badlule isibalo sabalandeli beBafana e-Soweto kanti iqembu lasekhaya lanqoba ngo 1-0 ngegoli likaLyle Foster.
“Bekuzwakala sengathi umdlalo wasekuhambeni,” kusho uBroos kwabezindaba.
“Kuyadumaza khona. Ububona enkundleni ukuthi kugcwele abalandeli be-DRC kunabethu. Ngiyethemba ukuthi esikhathini esizayo sizoba nokwesekwa okwengeziwe.
“Ubonile ukuthi kwenzakalani uma abalandeli bekweseka. I-DR Congo ikhule ngomfutho wokuzimisela kulo mdlalo ngoba besekwa.
“Sibe nezikhathi ezinzima futhi kuleso simo, udinga [abalandeli] ukuthi bakweseke.
“Ngiyethemba ukuthi esikhathini esizayo sizoba nezihlwele ezithe xaxa ngokungafani nale midlalo emibili.”
Eminyakeni yakamuva iBafana ibidonsa kanzima ukuheha abalandeli emidlalweni yayo yasekhaya.
Isibonelo, ngoLwezi 2018 inkundla i-FNB Stadium yayingenabo abalandeli ngesikhathi idlala ne-Nigeria kweyokuhlungela i-Africa Cup of Nations ka-2019.
Umdlalo onjalo empeleni ubuthathwa njengobalulekile, ushiya abanye abalandeli bedumele ngokuphela kwamathikithi omdlalo.
UBroos ubezama ukuthi abalandeli babo babaseke ngemuva kweminyaka bengaphumeleli.
Yize iBafana izodlala umdlalo wayo wesishiyagalolunye ingakaze ihlulwe ngaphansi kukaBroos, abalandeli abasayinaki imidlalo yeqembu lesizwe.
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