Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
INingizimu Afrika izobhekana ne-Algeria ngomhlaka-14 no-17 kuMbasa enkundleni ezoqinisekiswa, bese idlala ne-Japan ngoNhlangulana.
Umqeqeshi u-Ellis uthi imidlalo yobungani izolungiselela iBanyana noma ngabe yini efika kuWomen’s Africa Cup of Nations ese-Morocco.
UDesiree Ellis ubize iqembu labesifazane abangu-24 leBanyana Banyana elizodlala imidlalo yobungani ne-Algeria ne-Japan njengoba iqembu lilungiselela i-Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) ezoba seMorocco ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
INingizimu Afrika izobhekana ne-Algeria ngomhlaka-14 no-17 kuMbasa endaweni esazoqinisekiswa. I-Japan ilandela ngoNhlangulana njengendlela yokugcina yeBanyana ngaphambi komqhudelwano.
IBanyana iqede endaweni yesine kuWafcon nyakenye. Iqembu lifuna ukudlulela phambili kulokhu futhi likwazile ukungena ku-2027 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
U-Ellis uthe i-Algeria izoletha inselelo ehlukile.
“Sidlale amaqembu amaningi angokwenyama ngonyaka odlule. Umdlalo wokugcina wobungani wawubhekene neMorocco, iqembu laseNyakatho Afrika. I-Algeria nayo ihambisana nomzimba kodwa ihluke kakhulu endleleni esebenzisa ngayo i-counter-attack,” esho.
“Badlale i-block ephansi kuWafcon ngonyaka odlule. Ngicabanga ukuthi bazosibekela inselelo ngezindlela ezahlukene. Uma sifika kuWafcon, sifuna izinselelo eziningi ezahlukene ngendlela esingakwazi ngayo, ukuze sikwazi ukuzijwayeza ngesikhathi somqhudelwano,” esho.
U-Ellis uthe i-Japan izoyiphusha kakhulu iBanyana.
“Sidlale nabo ngo-2019 emdlalweni wobungani wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nomdlalo wokuqeqesha. Babehlala bene-DNA efanayo yabadlali, ngobuchwepheshe obuhle kakhulu,” esho.
“Kufanele sibe bahle kakhulu ngobuchule. Lokho kuzosisiza ukuthi siye kuWafcon ngoba sizobhekana nezinselelo ezahlukene. IJapan isanda kunqoba i-Asian Cup, ihlula i-Australia kowamanqamu, lokho kuzosisiza kakhulu,” esho.
IBanyana ikuGroup B kuWafcon kanye ne-Ivory Coast, iBurkina Faso neTanzania.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Umqeqeshi weBanyana Banyana uDesiree Ellis.
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