Injabulo iBafana ingena kwi-Afcon 

Lubhalwe nguMichael Madyira

IBafana Bafana ikwazile ukungena kwi-Africa Cup of Nations ka-2023 kulandela ukuhlula i-Liberia ngamagoli amabili kwelilodwa ku-Group K enkundleni ebizwa nge-Samuel Kanyon Doe izolo.

Noma belibhekene nobunzima e-Monrovia, elakuleli lidlulele phambili ngegoli likaZakhele Lepasa ngomzuzu ka-19, ngaphambi kokuthi ukaputeni we-Liberia uWilliam Jebor ashaye igoli lokulinganisa ngomzuzu ka-35.

Kodwa uMihlali Mayambela ube eseqinisekisa indawo yeBafana e-Ivory Coast 2023 ngokushaya igoli emizuzwini eyisishiyagalombili esiwombeni sesibili ukuze elakuleli lingene kumqhudelwano we-Afcon (11).

IBafana ifike e-Monrovia kuyishubele kumkhankaso wayo wokuhlungela owamanqamu kulandela umdlalo wangoLwesihlanu olwedlule ngesikhathi elakuleli lidlala ngokulingana (2-2) ne-Liberia enkundleni yase-Orlando.

Kodwa baxolisile ngokugcina abalandeli babo bengakhululekile ngokunqoba okubalulekile futhi umqeqeshi weBafana uHugo Broos ungene kumqhudelwano wakhe wokuqala omkhulu neBafana.

IBafana manje isalelwe umdlalo wayo wokugcina ka-Group K ne-Morocco kodwa isikuqinisekisile ukuthi izophuma endaweni yesibili.

Bekungokokuqala elakuleli linqoba ekuhambeni kusukela ngoMfumfu ngo-2021 futhi livimbele i-Liberia ithuba emqhudelwaneni abantu baseNtshonalanga ye-Afrika abawugcina ngo-2002, ngomgadli uGeorge Weah wamazwe ngamazwe.

IBafana ibuyele enkundleni yase-Samuel Kanyon Doe njengoba yagcina ngoNhlangulana ka-2001 ngesikhathi iqeda umdlalo ngokulingana (1-1) emdlalweni wokuhlungela i-Afcon ka-2002.

Kulokhu bakwazile ukuqoqa amaphuzu bedlala ne-Liberia.

UBroos wenze izinguquko eziningi ethatha izinqumo ngesibindi sokuhlalisa uLyle Foster noThemba Zwane ebhentshini ngesikhathi eqala ngoLepasa phambili.

UMayambela, uSiphephelo Sithole, uNyiko Mobbie no-Innocent Maela babizwe ohlwini lwabazodlala.

Esiwombeni sokuqala, uLepasa ujabulise uBroos ngokushayela igoli iBafana ngokusizwa nguThapelo Morena.

Kodwa i-Liberia ibuye ngokushesha ngesikhathi umkhonto ugwaza ekhaya kuBafana.

Kodwa kube nemiphumela emihle emizuzwini eyisishiyagalombili kuqale isiwombe sesibili ngesikhathi uMayambela elandela uSongo wabuyisela ukuhamba phambili kweBafana phambili ngegoli lakhe lesibili.

Isithombe esingenhla: IBafana ibhekene ne-Liberia

Umthombo wesithombe: IBafana Bafana

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