Menzi Magubane
Uma ukuhlulwa kowomkhaya yi-Kaizer Chiefs bekungenele, lokhu kuze ngendlela ebazumile kakhulu njengoba i-Orlando Pirates isiphinde yaphuma nakwindebe ye-Nedbank.
Ihlulwe ngo 5-4 sekufike kumaphenalthi bebhekene ne-Marumo Gallants ngoLwesithathu ebusuku – okushiye abaqeqeshi uMandla Ncikazi noFadlu Davids bebhekene nethimba labaphathi abangagculisekile nabalandeli abathukuthele.
Ngisho nangaphambi komdlalo wama-Gallants, abaqeqeshi ababili vele bekungabahambeli kahle futhi manje izinto zingase ziphenduke zibe zimbi kakhulu kubo. Kuzomele baziphendulele kubaphathi beqembu okucacayo ukuthi abaneme ngemiphumela yabo yakamuva.
Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi abalandeli be-Pirates abakaze bakweseke ukuqokwa kukaNcikazi noDavid, ngemuva kokuhamba kukaJosef Zinnbauer ekuqaleni kwesizini.
Bebevele benengcindezi kodwa i-Nedbank Cup isibashiye bephethwe ikhanda abangalidingi.
AmaBhakabhaka asephumile nasembangweni wesicoco se-DStv Premiership. Isendaweni yesine kwi-log futhi isele ngamaphuzu angu-19 kwi-Mamelodi Sundowns esesicongweni.
UNcikazi noDavids basenalo ithuba lokugcina lokuphuma ngesizotha kumaBhakabhaka, uma abaphathi benquma ukubadedela ekupheleni kwesizini.
Basethubeni lokudlulela esigabeni sokuphuma kwindebe ye-CAF Confederations.
Uma amaBhakabhaka engaphakamisa indebe ye-Confederations, amagama abo azobhalwa ezincwadini zomlando njengabaqeqeshi bokuqala beqembu ukwenza lokho. Kodwa ngaphambi kwalokho nokho, basenemidlalo embalwa okufanele bayidlale – njengoba sekusele izigaba ezinzima zamaqoqo.
NgeSonto izokwamukela i-Royal Leopards yase-Swatini emlenzeni wesibili ka group-B enkundleni i-Orlando kanti umdlalo uzoqala ngehora lesithupha ntambama.
Abadlali bamaBhokobhoko bangabona kufanele ukunqoba lo mdlalo , ngemuva kokushaya amagoli amabili i-Downs inqoba ngo 6-2 emlenzeni wokuqala emasontweni amabili edlule.
Ukuwina kwamaBhakabhaka, asendaweni yesibili ngamaphuzu ayisithupha ngemuva kwemidlalo emithathu, kuzowasondeza ekutheni badlulele phambili esigabeni somkhumulajezi.
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