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Ukuwina kweKaizer Chiefs kuMamelodi Sundowns ngoLwesibili kuzosiza i-Orlando Pirates embangweni wesicoco seBetway Premiership.
IKaizer Chiefs kumele ihlule iMamelodi Sundowns ngoLwesibili ukuze iqede endaweni yesithathu bese idlala kuCAF Confederation Cup ngesizini ezayo.
IKaizer Chiefs izobhekana neMamelodi Sundowns eLoftus Stadium ngoLwesibili.
Ukuwina kweChiefs kungase kusize i-Orlando Pirates embangweni wesicoco seBetway Premiership. Uma iPirates ihlula iStellenbosch ngoMsombuluko, ukuhlulwa yiSundowns kuyokwenza iPirates ilawule.
Kodwa abaqeqeshi beChiefs bayishaya indiva impi yesicoco.
“Asinandaba nokuthi ubani owina iligi. Inkinga yabo,” kusho umqeqeshi weKaizer Chiefs, uKhalil Ben Youssef.
Umdlalo wakamuva phakathi kweChiefs nePirates uphele ngokulingana ngo 1-1 okuvumele iSundowns ukuthi inyukele esicongweni ngamaphuzu amahlanu. IPirates isenomdlalo esandleni.
IChiefs ilwela ukuqeda isithathu ukuze idlale kuCAF Confederation Cup ngesizini ezayo. Isele ngamaphuzu amahlanu kuMaZulu asendaweni yesine njengoba sekusele imidlalo emine.
IChiefs kumele inyuse izinga. Bacoshe amaphuzu amabili kweyisishiyagalolunye okungenzeka bayidlale emidlalweni yabo emithathu yokugcina. Ngesonto eledlule, iSiwelele sibathusile sinqoba ngo 2-0. Lokho kuhlulwa kuqede imidlalo eyisikhombisa bengahlulwa.
IMamelodi Sundowns izoba yisivivinyo esinzima. Iqembu lisefomini eyingozi ngaphansi komqeqeshi uMiguel Cardoso. Sebenqobe iligi amahlandla ayisishiyagalombili kulandelana.
ISundowns yagcina ukuhlulwa emdlalweni weligi iChiefs eminyakeni engaphezu kwemihlanu edlule. Kusukela ngoMbasa ka-2021, iSundowns isinqobe imidlalo eyisikhombisa ibhekene neChiefs yadlala ngokulingana kwemibili. ISundowns ishaye amagoli angu-18 kuleyo midlalo eyisishiyagalolunye, kwathi iChiefs yashaya amane kuphela.
IChiefs idlale ngokulingana ngo 0-0 neSundowns ngoNcwaba yabashaya kowandulela owamanqamu weNedbank Cup ngesizini edlule. IChiefs inesikwati esiphelele futhi asinabo abamisiwe. Bajabulela isizini yabo yeligi ehamba phambili kusukela ngesizini ka-2019/20.
ISundowns ikhombise ukuzimisela inqoba iPolokwane City ngeSonto. Uma iChiefs ingathola ifomu yayo ingasimangaza.
Esithombeni esingenhla: IKaizer Chiefs izodlala neMamelodi Sundowns eLoftus Stadium ngomhlaka-8
ULwesibili.
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