Linda Ximba
Ngokushesha ngemuva kokuzuza obekungacatshangwa ngokuhlungela ukuyodlala ku-CAF Champions League, uBenni McCarthy waMaZulu FC uhluleke ukuthatha izincomo kulabo ababezama ukumcekela phansi kanye neqembu lakhe.
Le kilabhu yaseThekwini izobamba iqhaza okokuqala emlandweni wayo weminyaka engama-89 emncintiswaneni we-Pan-Africa.
Kubongwa kakhulu ubungcweti obufakwe usihlalo omusha waMaZulu FC uSandile Zungu othe, ngemuva kokuthatha iqembu lomndeni wakwaSokhela, wavula incwadi yamasheke ngokusayinisa abadlali abasezingeni eliphezulu abaphuma emaqenjini aseGoli.
Futhi ukuqashwa kukaMcCarthy kukhombise ukuthi kube yisinqumo esihlakaniphe kakhulu njengoba lowo owayengumqeqeshi weBafana Bafana nowake waba ngumqeqeshi weCape Town City ephinde wavusa lokho okwake kwaba ukuziqhenya kwe-KZN.
Iphenalthi kaThapelo Xoki esiwombeni sesibili bedlala neMoroka FC e-Kings Park Johnson Stadium ngoLwesithathu, kusho ukuthi Usuthu selwenze ngokwanele ukuzibekela indawo ebholeni lezwekazi, isikhala uMcCarthy abheke ukusingenela.
“Ngesikhathi ngijoyina, abantu babethi uMengameli uyahlanya uma ethi ufuna ukuqeda kumaqembu amane aphezulu. Ngesikhathi ngijoyina, abantu babethi angifanelekile njengoba ngaxoshwa yiCape Town City nokuthi ngizophinde ngihluleke kuMaZulu. Futhi, bathi angisiye umqeqeshi olungile, ngakho-ke ngiyazibuza ukuthi ngubani ohleka ekugcineni manje? Ibhola le-Champions League liza esifundeni sase-KZN. Siyaziqhenya kakhulu. Ngiyaziqhenya ngabadlali baMaZulu nabasebenzi bezobuchwepheshe, nawo wonke umuntu ozihlanganisa nekilabhu,” kusho uMcCarthy.
AmaZulu azogoqa isizini nezimbangi zaze-KZN iMaritzburg United e-Harry Gwala Stadium enhlokodolobha yesifundazwe ngoMgqibelo.