Menzi Magubane
IKaizer Chiefs ingahle iqede umjaho weBlack Leopards weminyaka emine kowe-DStv Premiership ngoLwesithathu ntambama uma la maqembu ehlangana e-Thohoyandou Stadium ngehora le-3 ntambama.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi iChiefs, isendaweni yesi-11 ngemuva kwemidlalo engama-27 kanti ukuthola amaphuzu amathathu uma isibhekene neLeopards esezansi kwe-log kuzoyibuyisela phezulu ku-top 8.
Ngeke kugcine nje ngokuthi iChiefs inyukele endaweni yesi-8 ngokunqoba, kodwa izophinde ithumele iLeopards kwi-GladAfrica Championship.
Iqembu lase-Limpopo seliqoqe amaphuzu ayu-19 ngemuva kwemidlalo engama-27 kanti libhekene nethuba lokwehliselwa ezansi kwetafula uma lihlulwa ngoLwesithathu. Kuzobe kungokwesithathu behliselwa ezansi kwetafula selokhu kwasungulwa i-Premier Soccer League ngowezi-1996.
Ngesizini edlule, baqede endaweni ye-15 kodwa basinda ekwehliselweni ezansi kwetafula ngemuva kokuwina ama-play-offs.
Ukungadlali kahle kweChiefs kule sizini kunganikeza iLidoda Duvha ithemba lokuthi izogcina indawo yayo kwi-DStv Premiership okwamanje.
IChiefs inikezele ngamaphuzu amathathu kuChippa nakuTshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila, okusize kakhulu la maqembu womabili.
ISundowns nayo ingahlonyuliswa njengompetha uma ingathola amaphuzu amathathu uma isibhekene nomakhelwane iSuperSport United. Ukunqoba kunganyusa amaphuzu amaBrazilians ngayishumi idlule AmaZulu asendaweni yesibili njengoba kusasele imidlalo emithathu. ISundowns izodlala neSuperSport United ngehora le-5 ntambama, kulandela umdlalo weChiefs neLeopards.
Uma bezonqoba iligi, lesi kungaba yisicoco seligi yesine yeSundowns kulandelana, okuyinto engakaze ibonwe ebholeni laseNingizimu Afrika.
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