Lubhalwe nguMichael Madyira
IMamelodi Sundowns ngeke isakwazi ukuqeda isizini iwine izicoco ezintathu ngemuva kokuphuma kwi-Nedbank Cup ngoMgqibelo.
ISundowns yehlulekile yaphinde yakhishwa kulo mqhudelwano ngesikhathi ihlulwa iStellenbosch ngo 2-1 enkundleni yezemidlalo i-Athlone.
Lena isizini abaqale ngayo ngendlela enonya futhi bebenamathuba angempela okuwina izicoco ezine.
Kodwa behlulekile ukuwina isicoco se-MTN8 kanti manje sebephumile kwi-Nedbank Cup okungumqhudelwano abangompetha kuwo.
Njengoba kungangabazeki ukuthi sebesithathile isicoco se-Premier Soccer League, iSundowns isalelwe i-CAF Champions League okuwukuphela kwesicoco engase isiwine.
Ngendlela ifomu yabo embi ngayo, ukudlala imidlalo emine ilandelana ngaphandle kokuwina ekubeni beqale isizini kahle kusho ukuthi izinto zingase zibe zimbi kakhulu.
Ukuhlulwa iStellenbosch kuwumphumela wokuthi iSundowns ibingadingi ukuthi ingene kwi-Champions League efunwa kakhulu kanti maningi amathuba okuthi ingaqeda iphethe isicoco se-PSL kuphela.
Umqeqeshi uRhulani Mokwena usebukeka ekhathazekile ngendlela ashintsha ngayo abadlali enkundleni kanti lokhu kukhonjiswa umzimba wakhe kanye nokuzwakala edangele ngesikhathi sengxoxo.
Eqenjini elijwayele ukuwina njengamanje ukushintsha kwefomu kuwumuzwa ongajwayelekile kuMokwena.
“Nizongixolela ngokungabi namagama okuchaza ukuthi kuzwakala kanjani ngoba kuyinto enganambitheki,” kusho uMokwena kwi-SuperSport.
“Lona umuzwa esingafuni ukuwujwayela ngoba unambitheka kabi. Umuzwa ongahlali kahle kithi.
“Kodwa kulungile. Kuyingxenye yomdlalo futhi kuyingxenye yebhola uyawina, uhlulwe noma udlale ngokulingana. Sihlulwe emdlalweni obaluleke kakhulu kodwa leyo impilo yamaqembu amakhulu.”
Nakuba imiphumela enzima ingase ilindeleke ukuthi ibe isifundo ngaphambi kohambo lwaleli sonto lokuyadlala kowe-Champions League ne-Algeria, umqeqeshi weSundowns akakuvumeli ukuthi kube nomthelela kubo.
“Angikuboni kuyinto ethusayo,” kusho uMokwena.
Okulandelayo iSundowns izovakashela i-CR Belouizdad emdlalweni womlenze wokuqala wama-quarter-final e-Champions League ngoMgqibelo.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UJunior Mendieta weStellenbosch
Umthombo wesithombe: Mamelodi Sundowns