Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
I-Orlando Pirates ishaye iKaizer Chiefs ngo 3-0 ngoNhlolanja, kodwa Amakhosi asenqobe imidlalo emihlanu kusukela lapho.
IKaizer Chiefs ihlezi endaweni yesithathu ku-log futhi ifuna ukunqoba ngeSonto emqhudelwaneni weCAF Confederation Cup.
IKaizer Chiefs izingela ukunqoba.
Iqembu lizotholana phezulu ne-Orlando Pirates koweBetway Premiership Soweto derby eFNB Stadium ngeSonto.
I-Orlando Pirates ishaye iKaizer Chiefs ngamagoli amathathu ngomhlaka-28 ngoNhlolanja.
Lokho kuhlulwa kuqede inyanga embi eqenjini laseNaturena. Bakhishwe kuNedbank Cup nakwiCAF Confederation Cup. Izinto bezibukeka zizimbi kangangokuthi abaqeqeshi uKhalil Ben Youssef noCedric Kaze bacishe balahlekelwa umsebenzi.
Kodwa iqembu lazilwela. Ngemuva kokuhlulwa yiRichards Bay, inqobe imidlalo emihlanu ilandelana yashaya amagoli angu-12.
Badlale ngokulingana nePolokwane City emdlalweni wabo wokugcina.
Umqeqeshi uBen Youssef uthi abadlali bakhe basendaweni engcono kakhulu manje.
“Emdlalweni wokuqala besisesikhathini esingesihle manje mkhulu umehluko,” usho kanje.
Uthe iqembu elinamaphutha amancane nendlala enkulu lizoyinqoba i-derby.
Ukuba nokulimala okuncane kusize abadlali bathole ifomu. UBen Youssef uthe kunzima kumqeqeshi uma abadlali belimala bese bephoqa ukuthi kube noshintsho.
IKaizer Chiefs igcine isikwati esifanayo emidlalweni eyisithupha edlule. Abadlali abafana noWandile Duba, uMduduzi Shabalala, uGlody Lilepo noFlavio Silva badlala kahle.
Iqembu lisendaweni yesithathu. Lisele ngamaphuzu angu-12 ku-Orlando Pirates namaphuzu angu-11 kuMamelodi Sundowns. Baqhwakele ngamaphuzu ayisikhombisa kuMaZulu asendaweni yesine.
Ifuna ukuhlala endaweni yesithathu ukuze ingene kwiCAF Confederation Cup elandelayo.
UBen Youssef uthe iqembu lifuna ukwenza abalandeli balo baziqhenye.
“Asinabo abalandeli, sinemindeni,” usho kanje. “Lesi yisikhathi sokubabuyisela injabulo nethemba.”
Esithombeni esingenhla: UKhalil Ben Youssef.
Umthombo wesithombe: IKaizer Chiefs