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Umqeqeshi we-SuperSport United uKaitano Tembo ukholelwa ekutheni i-Orlando Pirates yiqembu okufanele balishaye kule sizini.
“Ngokwami ngicabanga ukuthi i-Pirates yiqembu elihle kunawo wonke. Bahle kakhulu okwamanje futhi badlala ibhola elihle. Indlela abasebenza ngayo iyamangalisa,” uyasho.
I-SuperSport United izodlala ne-Orlando Pirates enkundleni yezemidlalo i-Orlando ngoMgqibelo ngehora lesithupa ntambama.
“Lo mdlalo mkhulu kuwona womabili amaqembu,” kusho umqeqeshi uTembo.
Lo mdlali wase-Zimbabwe uzizwa sengathi i-Pirates inesikwati esihamba phambili kuligi kule sizini futhi ukuthola amaphuzu aphezulu kuyona kungaba yimpumelelo enkulu kubafana bakhe.
Abalandeli abaningi bathatha umdlalo wakusasa njengomdlalo omkhulu kunayo yonke kwirawundi yesine ye-Premiership. Womabili amaqembu aya kulo mdlalo esenqobe imidlalo yawo ngaphambi kwekhefu le-Fifa International.
“Ngendlela i-Pirates eyiqembu elikhulu ngayo kubalulekile ukuthi siqhubeke nokuqoqa amaphuzu aphezulu,” kusho uTembo.
“Kumele sihlale sithintana namaqembu asevele ehola umjaho. Kufanele sizibonakalise ukuthi sikule ligi ukuzonqoba. Ukushaya i-Pirates kuzokufakazela lokho impela!”
Womabili amaqembu anesabelo esilinganayo sokulimala. I-Pirates izomkhumbula umdlali wayo wasesiswini uThembinkosi Lorch ohlinzwe edolweni kuleli sonto. Lo mdlali weBafana Bafana uzophuthelwa amasonto amahlanu ebholeni.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi i-United izodlala ngaphandle kwabadlali bayo basemuva uBongani Khumalo, olimele umsipha, noClayton Daniels olimale engozini yemoto.
Ku-English Premier League kunemidlalo emibili emikhulu kule mpelasonto. I-Tottenham Hotspur kaJose Mourinho yamukela i-Manchester City kaPep Guadiola enkundleni yezemidlalo i-Tottenham Hotspur ngoMgqibelo ngo-7.30 ebusuku.
I-Spurs, njengamanje esendaweni yesibili ku-log table, ifuna isicoco sayo sokuqala se-Premier League kusukela ngesizini yonyaka wezi-1960/61.
NgeSonto, ompetha abavikela i-Liverpool bangabaholi bamanje be-log i-Leicester City e-Anfield ngo-9.15 ebusuku. I-Liverpool isendaweni yesithathu ngamaphuzu ayi-17 nephuzu elilodwa ngemuva kwe-Leicester.
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