Dylan Bettencourt
Sekuvezwe ukuthi, abaphathi be-English Premier League bacabanga ukudlala imidlalo yokuncintisana emazweni aphesheya kwezilwandle emhlabeni jikelele eminyakeni embalwa ezayo.
Sekunesikhathi kuxoxwa ngendaba yemidlalo yeligi yasekhaya ukuthi ibanjelwe ngaphandle kwaseNgilandi noma e-Wales, ngomqondo onesihloko esithi “Umdlalo wama-39” owethulwa ngowezi-2008. Kodwa lokho kwasuswa ngokushesha njengoba kungazange kuthole ukwesekwa yi-FA, i-FIFA noma i-UEFA. .
Kodwa-ke, ukudlala imidlalo yesiNgisi yesigaba sokuqala phesheya kwezilwandle sekuphinde kwabekwa etafuleni njengenye indlela, ngokusho kwe-The Athletic.
Embikweni lo mbhalo uphakamisa ukuthi abaphathi bamaqembu e-Premier League bahlangane e-London ngesonto eledlule ukudingida ubuthaphuthaphu bemidlalo yokudlala emazweni anjengaseMelika, eNdiya, e-Brazil, e-China nase-Indonesia.
Iziphakamiso ebezikhona emhlanganweni zizothatha iminyaka eminingana ukuphumelela, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi amazwe amaningi emhlabeni wonke ngelinye ilanga azothola ithuba lokubuka umdlalo we-Premier League wokuncintisana bukhoma.
I-English Premier League akuyona iligi yokuqala yasekhaya ukuphakamisa ukuthi imidlalo idlalwe phesheya. I-2019 Supercoppa Italiana yayisingathwe e-Saudi Arabia.
I-Spain La Liga nayo izamile ukuthi imidlalo yeligi idlalwe phesheya kwezilwandle, ikakhulukazi eMelika, kodwa umbono wavinjwa yizinkantolo.
Uma iphrojekthi iqhubekela phambili, kumele kulindelwe lokho okufana nokwenzeka ngoMbasa ngesikhathi kuphikiswa isiphakamiso se-Super League.
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