ISundowns ifuna ukuvuka nge-Esperance 

Lubhalwe nguMichael Madyira

Ngemuva kwamasonto anzima ingenzi kahle, iMamelodi Sundowns izobe izimisele ngokuvusa uhlevane emdlalweni wayo uma isibhekene ne-Esperance ngo-9 ebusuku ngoMgqibelo.

ISundowns izotholana phezulu ne-Blood and Gold emdlalweni owandulela owamanqamu we-CAF Champions League, okuwumlenze wokuqala e-Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi e-Tunisia.

Bafike e-Rades ngemuva kwamasonto bengekho efomini yabo ejwayelekile ngemuva kwemiphumela engemihle.

Imidlalo yakamuva isidwebe isithombe sokuthi iSundowns ayizethembi futhi izifaka engozini, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokufinyelela kulesi sigaba esinzima kakhulu se-Champions League.

Isihlabani seSundowns, uThapelo Morena ukhulume ngamaqhinga ngesikhathi echaza kabanzi ukuthi bayihlelela kanjani i-Esperance.

“Imizuzu embalwa yokuqala bazoza kithina ngamandla ngoba badlalela ekhaya,” kusho uMorena etshela abezindaba zeSundowns.

“Bazodlalela kakhulu ezinhlangothini njengoba bedlala kanjalo. Lokho sikubonile ngesikhathi sidlala ne-Tunisia ku-Afcon ngesikhathi iBafana ishaya iqembu lesizwe elinabadlali be-Esperance.

“Okubaluleke kakhulu kithina ukuzama ukuvala ezinhlangothini bese sibaphoqa ukuthi bangene phakathi lapho esinamandla khona.”

ISundowns ne-Esperance bagcine ukuhlangana ngo-2017 esigabeni samaqoqo omqhudelwano ofanayo lapho ezaseTunisia zanqoba khona ngo 2-1 ePitoli kwathi omunye umdlalo waphela ngo 0-0 kuleliya zwe elisenyakatho ne-Afrika.

Umdlali wasemuva we-Blood and Gold uYassine Meriah ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokuhola ngendlela enempilo ngaphambi komlenze wesibili ozoba ngesonto elizayo e-Tshwane.

“I-Esperance izodlala umdlalo ngendlela enengqondo futhi izozama ukuthatha isinqumo emlenzeni wokuqala wokudlulela kuleli iziphethe kahle,” kusho uMeriah etshela i-Radio Mosaique ngokusho kwe-Kooora.

“Abadlali be-Esperance abacabangi ngeNdebe yoMhlaba yamaqembu yango-2025 futhi bagxile ekubhekaneni neSundowns kuphela nokufinyelela kowamanqamu we-CAF Champions League.”

Okungase kunikeze iSundowns ukuzethemba ukuthi i-Esperance nayo ingene kowandulela owamanqamu.

NjengeSundowns, leli elaseTunisia lingene ngokunyonyoba kowamanqamu sekukhahlelwa amaphenalthi kulandela ukudlala ngokulingana ngo 0-0 ne-Asec Mimosas.

Esithombeni esingenhla: Abadlali beMamelodi Sundowns.

Umthombo wesithombe: Mamelodi Sundowns

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