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IMamelodi Sundowns ishaye into ecokeme ngesikhathi idlala ngokulingana ngo 0-0 ne-Wydad Casablanca ngaphandle kwabadlali ababili.
ISundowns idlale imizuzu engu-47 emdlalweni womlenze wokuqala wowandulela owamanqamu we-CAF Champions League enkundleni yezemidlalo iMohamed V Stadium, ngoMgqibelo ngaphandle komdlali oyedwa ngemuva kokuthi umgadli uNeo Maema akhishwe ngekhadi elibomvu. Ongene esikhundleni somunye uMarcelo Allende naye ukhishwe sekusele kancane ukuthi umdlalo uphele.
Kodwa iSundowns ayizange yethuke phambi kwezihlwele ebezisabisa e-Casablanca.
Manje sebezofisa ukuqeda umsebenzi bafinyelele kowamanqamu uma sebedlala neqembu lase-Morocco emlenzeni wesibili e-Loftus Versfeld esikhathini esingangesonto.
URhulani Mokwena nabadlali beSundowns bazoya kulo mdlalo yize bazi ukuthi ukudlala ngokulingana kuzobancisha indawo kowamanqamu.
Bazobe bengaphandle ukuze bagweme ukucasuka egcekeni labo emdlalweni lapho uMaema no-Allende abangeke badlale kuwo.
UMokwena uqhubekile neqembu elihlule iMarumo Gallants emdlalweni we-Premier Soccer League ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa ezedlule.
ISundowns ibizitshela ukuthi ihola phambili emizuzwini eyishumi umdlalo uqalile kodwa unompempe uDaniel Laryea uye wanquma ukuthi uPeter Shalulile ushaye igoli eku-offside ngemuva kokubonisana ne-Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
Ngemuva kwemizuzu emine ishodi likaThemba Zwane eliqinile neliphansi elishaye eceleni kwebhokisi lenze unozinti we-Wydad uYoussef El Motie azame ngawo wonke amandla ukuvimba leli bhola.
Ukusongelwa ompetha be-Premier Soccer League kuphazamise osokhaya kodwa-ke, uMohamed Ounajem ushaye igoli eduze lathola uRonwen Williams okudingeke ukuthi alinike uSaif-Eddine Bouhra olihlengile.
I-VAR iphinde yabuya yazohlupha iSundowns kanti kulokhu uMaema ukhishwe ngekhadi elibomvu ngemuva kokuhlawuliselwa ukwephula umthetho oyingozi sekusele imizuzu emibili kuyiwe ekhefini.
Ngisho isidlala ngaphandle komdlali oyedwa ngemuva kwesiwombe sesibili iSundowns ibukeke ingakhathazekile njengoba ifakele osokhaya ingcindezi ngenhlanganisela kaZwane, uMbule noThapelo Morena abanyakazise ezokuvikela ze-Wydad.
UWilliams ube esevimba igoli ika-Ounajem ngesikhathi ehlasela yedwa ngomzuzu ka-65 ukugcina iSundowns emdlalweni.
Ngesikhathi sekusele imizuzu emithathu uShalulile ucishe wathulisa inkundla iMohamed V ngesikhathi ibhola lakhe lidlula phezu kwepali ngesikhathi umdlalo usele ngemizuzu eyisishiyagalolunye ukuthi uphele.
Ngemuva kokungena sekusele imizuzu engu-12 ukuthi umdlalo uphele, u-Allende ube esekhonjwa indlela ngekhadi elibomvu ngesikhathi edlalisa kabi uYahya Attiat-Allah umdlalo waphela iSundowns idlale ngokulingana.
Esithombeni esingenhla: I-Wydad Casablanca ibhekene neMamelodi Sundowns
Umthombo wesithombe: Wydad Casablanca