Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
Ibuyele esicongweni i-Orlando Pirates ngemuva kokushaya AmaZulu ngamagoli amathathu eqandeni ngoMgqibelo.
Umqeqeshi u-Abdeslam Ouaddou uthi abadlali bakhe banokuzethemba okukhulu ngaphambi kokuthi badlale neChiefs e-FNB Stadium.
Umqeqeshi we-Orlando Pirates u-Abdeslam Ouaddou uthi abadlali bakhe bagcwele ukuzethemba ngaphambi komdlalo omkhulu weSoweto derby.
Iqembu lizodlala neChiefs eFNB Stadium ngeSonto.
Lokhu kuzethemba kuza ngemuva kokuthi iPirates ishaye AmaZulu ngamagoli amathathu ngoMgqibelo. Lo mdlalo ubuse-Orlando Amstel Arena.
Amagoli ashaywe nguYanela Mbuthuma, u-Oswin Appollis noRelebohile Mofokeng. Ukuwina lo mdlalo kusize iqembu ngemuva kokudlala ngokulingana kabili kowesibili neRichards Bay FC emdlalweni walo odlule.
IPirates isiqhwakele ku-log yeBetway Premiership ngamaphuzu angu-58 emidlalweni engu-25. Bangaphezulu ngamaphuzu amabili kuMamelodi Sundowns esendaweni yesibili.
Kodwa iSundowns inemidlalo emibili engakayidlali. Ama-Brazilians angase abuyele endaweni yokuqala uma ehlula iStellenbosch FC ekhaya ngoLwesithathu.
U-Ouaddou uthi ukunqoba kuMaZulu yikhona kanye obekudingwa yiqembu njengamanje.
“Lesi kube yisikhathi esihle kakhulu kubafana futhi kungcono kakhulu ngaphambi kwe-derby,” kusho u-Ouaddou. “Kunika ukuzethemba okukhulu kubafana.”
U-Ouaddou uthi iqembu ngeke lishintshe indlela elidlala ngayo uma selibhekene neChiefs. Uthi uyalethemba ngokuphelele iqembu lakhe labadlali.
“Sidlala yonke imidlalo ukuze siwine futhi asikushintshile lokho uma sidlalela ekhaya noma ekuhambeni,” usho kanje. “Uma uqeqesha iPirates, udlala ibhola elihlaselayo.”
Leli qembu selishaye amagoli angu-50 eligi kule sizini. Badinga amagoli amathathu kuphela ukuze baphule irekhodi labo. Iqembu likaKosta Papic lishaye amagoli angu-52 ngesizini yemidlalo engu-30 emuva ngo-2004/05.
Abalandeli balindele ukubona ukuthi iPirates ingaphinde izishaye yini izimbangi zayo zaseSoweto. IPirates ishaye iChiefs ngamagoli amathathu eqandeni emzuliswaneni wokuqala wesizini enkundleni efanayo.
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