Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
UTlhopie Motsepe uthi ukunqoba kweSundowns i-CAF Champions League akuzange kwenze isizini ibe yimpumelelo ephelele.
Usihlalo weSundowns uthi iqembu lizobuya lilambele impumelelo ngemuva kokuthi i-Orlando Pirates ibahlulile emjahweni wesicoco seligi.
UTlhopie Motsepe uthi iMamelodi Sundowns izobuya ilambele impumelelo ngesizini ezayo.
Usihlalo weSundowns uthe iqembu liqede isizini ngamandla ngokunqoba i-CAF Champions League, kodwa wavuma ukuthi isizini ayizange ibe yimpumelelo ephelele.
ISundowns yehlulekile ukuvikela isicoco sayo seBetway Premiership futhi yaphinde yehluleka ukunqoba izindebe zasekhaya.
UMotsepe uthe lokho kubuhlungu ngoba iSundowns yakhelwe ukulwela zonke izindebe.
“Nakuba singasho ngokuqinisekile ukuthi le sizini ibikhethekile, asikwazi ukuthi ibe yimpumelelo ephelele,” kusho uMotsepe.
“Siqede isizini yethu ngendlela enamandla kakhulu, kodwa asizange siqale kahle njengoba besithemba. Ngaphezu kokuhluleka ukuthola izindebe zasekhaya, sihlulekile ukunqoba isicoco sethu sesishiyagalolunye seligi ngokulandelana.”
UMotsepe wavuma ukuthi i-Orlando Pirates yayifanele ukuqeda phambi kweSundowns kuligi.
“Nakuba kubuhlungu kimi ukusho lokhu, silahlekelwe yiligi ngoba izimbangi zethu bezingcono kunathi kuyo yonke le sizini,” kusho yena.
“Kodwa-ke, uma kumele silahlekelwe yisicoco sethu sasekhaya, kungcono ukuthi silahlekelwe yiqembu le-Orlando Pirates elenze kahle ngendlela emangalisayo kulo nyaka.”
UMotsepe uthe ubuhlungu bokulahlekelwa yiligi buzogqugquzela iSundowns ukuthi ithathe izinyathelo zokubuyela esimweni esihle.
“ISundowns yiqembu elinezifiso ezinkulu futhi elihlose ukunqoba yonke into minyaka yonke,” kusho yena. “Futhi iminyaka esingayinqobi yileyo esibuya ngayo silambile futhi sizimisele kakhulu. Khumbula, konke ukuhluleka kuyithuba lokubuyela emuva.”
ISundowns isivele ibuyele ekuqeqeshweni kwangaphambi kwesizini ngaphambi komkhankaso ka-2026/27.
Abadlali bayo beBafana Bafana banikwe isikhathi esengeziwe sokuphumula ngemuva kokudlalela iNingizimu Afrika kwiNdebe Yomhlaba ye-2026 Fifa.
Iqembu seliqalile nokuqinisa iqembu lomqeqeshi uMiguel Cardoso.
ISundowns isisayine u-Antonio van Wyk wase-Austrian SV Ried kanye nomdlali ohlonishwayo uSiyanda Ndlovu waseGolden Arrows.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Abadlali beMamelodi Sundowns.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela