Menzi Magubane
I-Euro 2020 ifikile yadlula, futhi njengoba umuntu ebelindele, kube nezimanga.
Noma i-Italy ibifanelwe ukuwina, indaba yomncintiswano wase-Denmark izuze izinhliziyo zabalandeli emhlabeni jikelele.
Indlela abadlali abadlalele ngayo ukaputeni wabo uChristian Eriksen, obonakale ekhohlwa yipolitiki yokudlalela izwe labo, kube ngumcimbi oyingqayizivele nomlando ebholeni lomhlaba.
Umdlalo wokuqala we-Denmark walo mqhudelwano owawuphakathi ne-Finland, wabanjwa amahora ambalwa ngemuva kokuwa kuka-Eriksen ngemuva kokubanjwa isifo senhliziyo, ngemuva kwalokho udokotela weqembu uBoesen wabika ukuthi: “Akasekho emhlabeni. Sizamile ukuvuselela inhliziyo.”
Kodwa ngenhlanhla u-Eriksen wasinda futhi wabukela ozakwabo bedlala kumabonakude. Ngeshwa, iqembu lakhe liphucwe indawo kowamanqamu yi-England. Abathanda ibhola ngokweqiniso bazokwazi ukuthi ngikhuluma ngani.
Okungihlabe umxhwele ngalo mqhudelwano isibalo sabadlali abadabuka e-Afrika abebemele amaqembu aqhamuka emazweni aseYurophu.
Iningi lalaba badlali kungenzeka bazalelwe emazweni ase-Afrika noma abazali babo bobabili abalapho. Kukhona nalabo abazalelwa eYurophu, uthole ukuthi umzali oyedwa ungowaseYurophu omunye ungowase-Afrika.
Kwakunabadlali abangaphezulu kwama-20 ababengamela amazwe ase-Afrika futhi babengasiza ekukhuliseni ibhola lase-Afrika. Kubandakanya izintandokazi ezifana noPaul Pogba (owazalelwa e-France ngabazali base-Guinea), u-N’golo Kante (owazalelwa e-France ngabazali base-Maliya), uBukayo Saka (owazalelwa eNgilandi ngabazali base-Nigeria) noKylian Mbappe (owazalelwa e-France kubaba wase-Cameroonia nomama wase-Algeria).
Inombolo iyashaqisa. Kungani laba badlali bakhethe ukuyodlalela amazwe aphesheya kunamazwe ase-Afrika, ngihlale ngizibuza?
Yize kungaba kuhle uma abadlali baleli zinga bejoyina uSadio Mane, uPierre-Emerick Aubameyang noMohamed Salah ekudlaleleni izwe labo lase-Afrika, akulula kanjalo.
Abadlali noma bengazithanda futhi bezinze kwizindawo abavela kuzo, kodwa bangahle badlalele i-France ukuqhubekisela phambili imisebenzi yabo. UKante, uPogba noMbappe – nabanye abaningi abangaphambi kwabo – banqobe izindebe ezinkulu neqembu lesizwe abalikhethile.
Laba ngabadlali abahle futhi amazwe abo ase-Afrika abengaba nabo ekuhlelweni kwabo, kodwa bakhethe ukumela amazwe abazalelwa kuwo. Yize kunjalo, kungaba yinto enhle ukubona ithalente elisezingeni lomhlaba likhanyisa i-African Cup of Nations eminyakeni ezayo.