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ULyle Foster uthi iBafana Bafana isengakwazi ukungena eNdebeni yoMhlaba ka-2026 uma ingahlula i-Rwanda eMbombela.
IBafana idinga i-Nigeria ukuthi inqobe i-Benin ngemuva kokudlala ngokulingana ngo 0-0 ne-Zimbabwe, okushiye ithemba layo lokuthola amaphuzu elele ngomphumela wangoLwesibili.
Umgadli weBafana Bafana, uLyle Foster, uthi iqembu lisaphila emzabalazweni walo wokufinyelela ku-2026 Fifa World Cup.
Ngemuva kokuthi iBafana ibambane (0-0) ne-Zimbabwe eThekwini ngoLwesihlanu, iBafana isibhekene nomdlalo okumele iwunqobe lapho izobhekana ne-Rwanda eMbombela Stadium ngoLwesibili.
Ukuze ingene, iBafana kumele ishaye i-Rwanda bese yethemba ukuthi i-Nigeria izoyihlula i-Benin komunye umdlalo kaGroup C. Uma lokho kwenzeka, iNingizimu Afrika izohamba phambili eqoqweni futhi idlule.
Uma i-Nigeria ne-Benin bedlala ngokulingana kuzomele iBafana ithembele ekuhlukeni kwamagoli. Kodwa uma i-Benin ihlula i-Nigeria, iphupho leBafana liyaphela.
“Bekungewona umphumela ebesiwufuna,” kusho uFoster, owacishe washaya amagoli amabili bebhekene ne-Zimbabwe wake washaya ipali futhi wabona ishodi lakhe liphuma emzileni. “Sidlale kahle impela ukuthi sibe neshwa nje.”
Yize kunjena kodwa basanawo umuzwa wokuzimisela.
“Siyazi ukuthi kusekude ukuphela,” kusho yena. “ULwesibili umdlalo omkhulu kakhulu futhi uma sithola umphumela, ziningi izinto ezingasisebenzela.”
Isinqumo seFifa sokuphuca amaphuzu amathathu kuBafana ngokudlalisa umdlali ongafanelekile uma ibhekene neLesotho ekuqaleni konyaka senze umgwaqo waba nzima.
Kodwa uFoster unxuse abalandeli ukuthi bangapheli amandla. “Asikho isizathu sokuzizwa bedangele,” esho. “Kusekuningi okufanele kudlalwe.”
Ucele abalandeli ukuthi bagcwalise iMbombela Stadium bajabulele iqembu. “Lena mhlawumbe ibaluleke kakhulu.”
Esithombeni esingenhla: ULyle Foster egqoka imibala yeBafana Bafana.
Umthombo wesithombe: @BafanaBafana