Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
UHugo Broos uhole iBafana Bafana yanqoba ngo 3-0 ihlula i-Rwanda, kanti iqhwakele phezulu kuGroup C yathola nendawo eNdebeni yoMhlaba ka-2026.
Lo mqeqeshi wase-Belgium uthi wakhe iqembu ngokwezinga nokuziphatha ngemuva kweminyaka abantu bemungabaza, ekhombisa ukuthi abagxeki banephutha futhi ebuyisa ukuzigqaja kwesizwe.
Umqeqeshi weBafana Bafana, uHugo Broos, useziphendulele kubagxeki abebengabaza ukukhethwa kwesikwati sakhe kanye nobuholi ngemuva kokuhola iNingizimu Afrika kwiNdebe Yomhlaba ye-Fifa ka-2026.
IBafana ihlule i-Rwanda ngo 3-0 ngoLwesibili, yaqhwakela phezulu kuGroup C nokuqede ukulinda iminyaka engu-24 ukuze ihlungelwe ngokufanele.
“Ngiyazi ukuthi ubungavumelani ngaso sonke isikhathi nokukhetha kwami,” kusho uBroos. “Kodwa ngibheka ikhwalithi, ingqondo kanye nekhono lokulandela uhlelo. Yileyo ndlela owakha ngayo iqembu.”
Selokhu afika ngo-2021, lo mqeqeshi wase-Belgium ubelokhu egxekwa njalo kusukela ekulahlekiseni abalandeli abanjengoThemba Zwane kuya ekubhekeni abagadli abasefomini abafana noBradley Grobler noTshegofatso Mabasa.
Ngisho nangemva kokuhola iBafana yadla ubhedu ku-Afcon ka-2023, abaningi basamngabaza.
Kodwa eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, uBroos ulethe imiphumela. Ngaphansi kwesandla sakhe, iBafana izobonakala eNdebeni yoMhlaba okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-2002 njengoba isikwazile ukuzibekisela indawo eNdebeni yoMhlaba.
“Kukhona owathi ngemuva komdlalo iBafana iyihlaya, wonke umuntu wahleka,” kusho uBroos. “Kodwa manje siyahlonishwa. Lokhu kuhle eqenjini, kimina nasezweni lonke.”
UBroos uphinde waba ngumqeqeshi osenesikhathi eside kuBafana, edlula uClive Barker ongasekho, owahola leli qembu ladla umhlanganiso ku-Afcon ngo-1996.
Ukungena kwabo kwenzeke ngemuva kokuthi iFifa ibaphuce amaphuzu amathathu ngokudlalisa umdlali omisiwe uTeboho Mokoena bebhekene neLesotho.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UHugo Broos.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela