Libhekene nenkinga iqembu le-Kaizer Chiefs elinqatshelwe ukuthi lihlehlise imidlalo yalo emihlanu

Menzi Magubane

Usihlalo waleli qembu nokho ubengawuvali umlomo ngeligi. Kungenzeka i-Kaizer Chiefs ifake isicelo esimelene nesinqumo esikhishwe i-Premier Soccer League sokuhoxisa imidlalo yabo emibili abangayidlalanga ngoZibandlela.

Ngenxa yokwanda kwesibalo sabantu abahaqwe i-Covid-19, Amakhosi acele ukuthi imidlalo yawo emihlanu ye-DStv ihlehliswe. Iligi isichithile isicelo saleli qembu, kanti i-Chiefs isithathe isinqumo sokungayi emidlalweni emibili elandelayo lapho kade bezobhekana ne-Cape Town City kanye ne-Golden Arrows.

Lesi sinqumo siphume ngenxa yemithetho eyathunyelwa emaqenjini e-PSL evela ku-exco eyayicacisa ngokuthi ukuqubuka kwe-Covid-19 emaqenjini angeke kube isizathu sokuhlehliswa kwemidlalo.

Iqembu le-Chiefs kulindeleke ukuthi lilwele le midlalo emibili futhi liphinde lifake isicelo esimelene nesinqumo seligi kwinhlangano yebhola yaseNingizimu Afrika mhlawumbe nasenkantolo.

Phezu kwengxabano, usihlalo waMakhosi uKaizer Motaung uthe iligi isahamba phambili e-Afrika.

“I-PSL isaqhubeka nokuba iligi ehamba phambili ezweni lonke ngenxa yendlela ephethwe ngayo. Siyaqhubeka nokuziqhenya ngomsebenzi owenziwe ibona bonke abathintekayo,” kusho uMotaung.

Ngemuva kokuphuthelwa imidlalo emibili, i-Chiefs ikwazile ukuhlanganisa isikwati esidlale imidlalo yayo emithathu yokugcina onyakeni. Ihlule iqembu leSekhukhune United ngomagoli amabili eqandeni, yahlulwa i-Royal AM ngegoli elilodwa eqandeni ngemuva kwalokho yanqoba ngamagoli amabili eqandeni idlala neqembu i-Maritzburg United.

Yonke le midlalo ibiphethwe ngu-Arthur Zwane, njengoba uStuart Baxter watholakala ukuthi usetheleleke nge-Covid.

“Sisabambe ongezansi ngemuva kwesehlakalo sokuqubuka kwe-Covid-19 ebesibhekene naso kamuva nje esenze sangavunyelwa ukuhlehlisa imidlalo,” kwengeza uMotaung.

Khonamanjalo, i-Chiefs izoqhubeka idlale imidlalo ye-Premiership ngoNhlolanja ngemuva kokuthi iligi ibithathe ikhefu ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi ngomhlaka-22 kuZibandlela. Ikhefu lizothatha isikhathi eside kulokhu njengoba i-Africa Cup of Nations izobe iqala ngeSonto elizayo kuze kube umhlaka-6 kuNhlolanja.

Uma sebebuyile, Amakhosi azovakashela i-Cape Town City ngomhlaka-15 kuNhlolanja. Uma i-Chiefs ihluleka ukufaka isicelo sayo sokuthi le midlalo emibili idlalwe, leli qembu lingase libone amathuba ayo okususa i-Mamelodi Sundowns eqhwakele phezulu ku-log eshabalala.

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