Dylan Bettencourt
Izikhulu ezimbalwa zomdlalo zizithole sezizifaka enkingeni ngemuva kokushutha izithombe noSadio Mane ngemuva kokuthi i-Senegal iwine i-Afcon ngeSonto.
I-Senegal ibisanda kuwina indebe yayo yokuqala ye-Afcon futhi imigubho ibijabulisa kakhulu. Kodiak, ngesikhathi onompempe abaningi beya kuMane beyothatha isithombe naye abaningi bakubone kuwukungaziphathi kahle lokho.
UKeith Hackett owayeyisikhulu se-English Premier League kanye ne-FIFA uthe lesi senzo singaholela ekutheni onompempe bajeziswe.
“Lokhu akuvumelekile ngokuphelele. Ompetha emidlalweni yebhola nabo bangabadlali. Njengonompempe kufanele ubonakale ungathathi hlangothi ngokuphelele. Lesi senzo salabonompempe abanamava asamukelekile,” kusho uHackett etshela i-Football Insider.
UHackett uphakamise ukuthi nakuba bengeke bephinde baphathe umdlalo ohlanganisa i-Senegal noma i-Egypt, mancane amathuba okuthi umsebenzi wabo njengonompempe uphele.
“Lokhu kunikeza isithombe sokungathembeki konompempe bemidlalo. Angazi ukuthi kwenzekaleni emdlalweni kodwa nakanjani lokho kuyingozi,” enezela.
Kunezikhathi ezingavamile lapho umdlali aye egumbini lonompempe ukuyobanika umfaniswano womdlalo noma anikeze izikhulu amazwi okukhuthaza kodwa lokhu kuseyisenzo esiyimvelakancane esingabonakali emphakathini.
Unompempe waseNingizimu Afrika, uVictor Gomes, uthole ukubukwa emdlalweni ofanayo ngesizathu esingcono. Ngemuva kokuthi uMohamed Salah ekhononde nge-run of play izikhathi eziningi, ngokubhuqa unompempe uye wanikeza lo mdlali we-Liverpool impempe futhi wambuza ukuthi uyafuna yini ukuthatha indima yakhe.
USalah angahle abuyele enkundleni ukuyodlalela i-Liverpool ngoLwesine lapho iqembu labo elizobhekena khona ne-Leicester City kwi-Premier League. UMane unikezwe ikhefu lesonto ngumphathi we-Liverpool uJurgen Klopp ukuze agubhe ukuwina kwakhe eye-Afcon.
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