Dylan Bettencourt
Okokuqala ngqa iBanyana Banyana ingompetha be-Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) ngemuva kokunenebula osokhaya i-Morocco ngo 2-1 ngoMgqibelo.
Elakuleli lizibeke encupheni ngesikhathi libhekana ne-Morocco egcekeni layo, njengoba izwe lonke beleseka i-Morocco kodwa elakuleli liwine lesi sicoco phezu kwalokho.
Umsindo wezihlwele uvale iculo lesizwe lelakuleli kanti iBanyana ikubone kufanele ukubavala umlomo.
Futhi lokho bekungeke kube lula njengoba abalandeli be-Morocco abebengcwele inkundla yezemidlalo i-Prince Moulay Abdellah bebebhuqa wonke amaphasi abadlali bakuleli futhi besebenzisa ama-laser ukuzama ukuphazamisa izihlabani zeBanyana.
Lokhu bakwenze ngokuthi babambelele ebholeni balawule umdlalo ngokusebenzisa ulwazi abanalo kowamanqamu.
IBanyana Banyana ihlele umdlalo wayo wamanqamu wesithupha ngesikhathi i-Morocco idlala kowamanqamu okokuqala ngqa.
Amathuba ebe mancane kakhulu njengoba iBanyana ibeke ishodi elilodwa kuphela epalini ngesiwombe sokuqala.
Elakuleli lidlale kahle kakhulu kuwo wonke umqhudelwano, lingenelwe amagoli amathathu kuphela.
Ngemuva kokuthi umdlalo uqale kabusha ngesiwombe sesibili, iBanyana Banyana ibizimisele kakhulu ekuhlaseleni kanti ngemuva nje kwehora kube nemiphumela emihle.
Umdlalo omuhle osuka kuJermaine Seoposenwe obegudla umugqa umvumele ukuthi anikeze uHildah Magaia ibhola obe eseshayela elakuleli igoli lokuqala lomdlalo. Lelo goli lenze iBanyana yahamba phambili kowamanqamu we-Wafcon okokuqala ngqa.
Kuphinde kwaba igoli lesibili leBanyana kowamanqamu we-Wafcon, kuze kwaba ngesikhathi uMagaia eshaya elinye igoli elenze ukuthi iqembu lakuleli liwine lo mqhudelwano.
Kube yinjabulo yodwa kumqeqeshi uDesiree Ellis ngesikhathi umdlali wasesiswini we-Morocco enza iphutha ngesikhathi ezama ukushayela i-Morocco igoli lesibili.
Umdlalo uvuleke ngokuqondakalayo ngesikhathi i-Morocco izama ukujaha umdlalo kanti lokho kuthele izithelo ezinhle ngesikhathi uRosella Ayane eshaya igoli sekusele imizuzu eyishumi ukuthi umdlalo uphele.
Inqwaba yabalandeli abesebephuma enkundleni babuye ngokushesha njengoba i-Morocco ifuna ukushaya igoli lokulinganisa ukuze idlulisela umdlalo esikhathini esengeziwe kodwa bekungafanele, yize yengezelwe imizuzu eyisishiyagalolunye.
Bekuyimizuzu yokugcina ethusayo kowamanqamu ngesikhathi elakuleli lilwela ukuvimba ukuhlasela kwe-Morocco, kodwa okujabulise abalandeli bayo ukuthi iBanyana ikwazile ukuwina.
Emzamweni wabo wesithupha, ngemuva kokudlala kwabo kowamanqamu okokuqala ngqa ngo-1995, ekugcineni iBanyana Banyana ingompetha base-Afrika.
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