Menzi Magubane
Akuyona irekhodi noma yiliphi iqembu elifunayo, kodwa ngoLwesibili iDube Birds iqophe umlando ngokudlala imidlalo yabo yonke ngokulingana ngesizini eyodwa ngemuva kwempumelelo engenamagoli bebhekene neStellenbosch.
“Yebo kuyirekhodi. Kodwa irekhodi engithemba ukuthi lizodlulwa kungekudala,” kusho umqeqeshi weSwallows uBrandon Truter.
“Siyiqembu lokuqala ukunqoba i-GladAfrica Championship kodwa manje siyiqembu lokuqala ukudlala ngokulingana emidlalweni eyi-18 ku-PSL.”
ISwallows manje isiqophe ukudlala ngokulingana imidlalo eyi-18 emidlalweni engama-27. Irekhodi langaphambilini lokudlala ngokulingana imidlalo ayi-17 beliphethwe yiSuperSport United, iFree State Stars kanye neSantos.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa zokuqala kwesizini yamanje, iSwallows ibibambe isikhundla seligi, isabelana nabadlali beSuperSport neMamelodi Sundowns. Bahlulwa emidlalweni eyi-15, banqoba eyisikhombisa badlala ngokulingana eyisishiyagalombili, nokuyimpumelelo ethokozise kakhulu ngoba bebeneminyaka eyisithupha bephume esigabeni sokuqala.
Kodwa-ke, uhhafu wesibili wesizini ube yindaba ehluke ngokuphelele. Banqobe umdlalo owodwa kuze kube manje kusukela bathola iphuzu, badlala ngokulingana kweyishumi futhi bahlulwa kowodwa.
Njengoba sekusele imidlalo emithathu, kusazobonwa ukuthi kuzophela kanjani ngabo – bazoqhubeka bedlale ngokulingana?
Babhekene nomgqigqo onzima: ISundowns, esisele nomdlalo owodwa ukuba inqobe njengompetha be-DStv Premiership, AmaZulu asendaweni yesibili, kanye neBaroka enethemba isendaweni yesishiyagalombili phezulu.
Umthombo wesithombe: @moroka_swallows