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Abaningi sebevele bebikezele ukuthi iKaizer Chiefs ngeke iyishaye iChippa United esezansi kwetafula ngoLwesithathu e-FNB Stadium, e-Soweto.
Amakhosi abedonse kanzima phambilini ukugcina umfutho ngemuva kokushaya iqembu elikhulu elifana neSundowns.
Bavame ukwehlisa izinga bengabe besanaka.
Imidlalo yabo elandelayo namaqembu amancane ivame ukuphela ngokulingana, kanti futhi kwaziwa ukuthi bayahlulwa.
Mhla zingama-21 kuNdasa, iChiefs yashaya i-Orlando Pirates ngo-1-0 kodwa yadlala ngokulingana emidlalweni emibili eyalandela yase ihlulwa kolandelayo.
Babambana ngo 2-2 ekhaya neStellenbosch kwathi komunye badlala ngokulingana ngo-1-1 neBaroka. NgoLwesithathu olwedlule bahlulwe ngo 2-1 ekhaya bedlala neCape Town City.
NgeSonto eledlule, bebeyiqembu eliguquliwe elidlala ngenhloso ngesikhathi linqoba ngo-2-1 bedlala nabaholi be-log iMamelodi Sundowns.
Njengamanje, umbuzo omkhulu ngukuthi ngabe bazosiphinda yini leso siboniso esihle uma sebebhekene neChippa?
Umqeqeshi uGavin Hunt unomsebenzi omkhulu okumele awenze ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abadlali bakhe bahlala begxilile futhi abazitheli ngabandayo ngaleli qembu lase-Gqeberha.
Umsebenzi osusele kubadlali, ukuzimisela njengoba benza ngesikhathi bedlala neDowns.
Yize iChiefs yanenebula iChippa emzuliswaneni wokuqala kule sizini, izinto zithe ukuba nzima kwiChilli Boys.
Bayiqembu elilwela ukunyukela phezulu kwi-log futhi bazokwenza konke okusemandleni abo ukugwema ukwehlele ngezansi – ngakho-ke Amakhosi azodinga ukunyathela ngokucophelela.
UHunt uthe: “Kumele sidlale ngcono, futhi sizozimisela.”
“NgoLwesithathu sizobhekana nezinye izimbangi ezinzima futhi sizodinga ukuzimisela. Imidlalo iwuxhaxha ngapha nangapha. Sidlala ngeSonto, ngoLwesithathu noma ngoMgqibelo. Ngakho-ke, kunzima.”
Amaphuzu aphakeme azosiza la maqembu amabili. IChiefs ifuna ukuvikela indawo ephezulu yesishiyagalombili kanti iChippa, esendaweni yesibili ukusuka phansi idinga amaphuzu ukuze igweme ukuhlala ezansi.
Eminye imidlalo ye-Premiership ngoLwesithathu:
Tshakhuma vs Celtic (Old Peter Mokaba Stadium, 3pm), Baroka vs TS Galaxy (Peter Mokaba Stadium, 5pm), Sundowns vs Arrows (Loftus Stadium, 5pm), Cape Town City vs AmaZulu (Cape Town Stadium, 5pm).
Umthombo wesithombe: @kaizerchiefs