Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
UHugo Broos uthi iBafana Bafana kumele iwunqobe umdlalo wayo wokuqala we-Afcon ne-Angola ukuze igweme ingcindezi uma isibhekene ne-Egypt ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
INingizimu Afrika ifuna ukuthuthuka ngendondo yethusi eyatholwa e-Ivory Coast.
Umqeqeshi weBafana Bafana, uHugo Broos, uthi iqembu ngeke likwazi ukuqala kancane ku-Africa Cup of Nations uma lifuna ukuya phambili kulokhu.
Elakuleli liwine indondo yethusi emqhudelwaneni wokugcina e-Ivory Coast, kodwa umkhankaso walo uqale ngokuhlulwa kanzima. Badlale kahle ne-Mali kodwa bahluleka wukushaya igoli, base behlulwe ngo 2-0.
Lokho kuhlulwa kusamkhathaza uBroos.
Uthi ukuqala kabi futhi kungafaka iqembu ngaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu.
“Kufanele siwine umdlalo wokuqala,” kusho uBroos, ekhuluma ngomdlalo wokuvula weBafana ne-Angola.
Uxwayise ngokuthi umphumela ongemuhle uzokwenza impilo ibe nzima uma iNingizimu Afrika isibhekene ne-Egypt ngokulandelayo.
“Cabanga uma bengawutholi umphumela omuhle uma bebhekene ne-Angola, bazobhekana nobunzima uma sebebhekene ne-Egypt,” usho kanje.
IBafana izobhekana ne-Ghana emdlalweni wokuzilungiselela eDobsonville Stadium ngoLwesibili. Ngemuva kwalokho baya eMorocco kulo mqhudelwano.
Umkhankaso wabo we-Afcon uqala ne-Angola ngoMsombuluko.
Bese bedlala ne-Egypt ngosuku lweBoxing Day bese beqeda umdlalo wamaqoqo bebhekene neZimbabwe ngomhlaka-29 kuZibandlela.
UBroos ukholelwa ukuthi iBafana ingazimisela.
“Mhlawumbe manje sesingelinye lamaqembu anganqoba i-Afcon,” usho kanje, wengeza ngokuthi izimbangi seziyithathela phezulu iNingizimu Afrika.
Uphinde abone ukuthi iqembu linamandla uma liqhathaniswa namanye amaqembu, ekhomba umdlalo wabo wakamuva ne-Nigeria njengobufakazi.
Umdlalo wobungani wase-Ghana unikeza uBroos ithuba lokuhlola abadlali abasha.
Abadlali abaningi abazinze e-Europe bazojoyina iqembu laseMorocco kuphela, okukhona kubo uShandre Campbell, uLyle Foster noS’phephelo Sithole.
UBroos uthi wonke umuntu usenakho okumele akufakazele.
“Ngizonikeza amathuba,” esho. “Kodwa sizozama ukuwunqoba. Lona akuwona umdlalo wokuhleka.”
Esithombeni esingenhla: Umqeqeshi weBafana Bafana uHugo Broos.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela