Dylan Bettencourt
Kuze kube inyanga edlule, umqeqeshi wase-Nigeria u-Obi Ojimadu ubesebenzela iqembu lebhola lase-Ukraine i-Shakhtar Donetsk – kodwa konke lokho kwashabalala ngesikhathi kuhlasela i-Russia.
Ngaphezu kokuba umndeni ukwazile ukubalekela impi futhi ufike endaweni yase-Hungary, umphumela wokuhlasela ubahlukumezile kakhulu.
“Uma uqala ukuzwa amabhomu eqhuma eduze kwakho, kuba nenhliziyo ebuhlungu. Kuyethusa kakhulu,” kusho umqeqeshi webhola etshela i-BBC Sport.
U-Ojimadu uchithe izinsuku egumbini elingaphansi kwendlu yabo nomkakhe nezingane zabo ezintathu, esaba noma imuphi umsindo njengoba bezama ukuthola indlela yokubalekela lokhu kuhlaselwa.
“Besisegumbini elingaphansi kwendlu yethu futhi ukuhlukumezeka bekukukhulu kangangokuthi noma imuphi umsindo omncane wasenza sasondelana. Lolu uhlobo lwengcindezi olubi okumele ubhekane nalo ikakhulukazi ezinganeni,” kusho lo mqeqeshi.
Ukwesaba kusasele emndenini nakuba sebephephile e-Hungary.
“Ngisho umsindo wesitsha esiwa phansi uyasethusa manje,” kusho lo mqeqeshi.
“Uma uzwa noma iluphi uhlobo lomsindo noma imoto edlulayo noma indiza enophephela emhlane, uyazibuza ukuthi sekwenzenjani manje. Sesiphila impilo yokwesaba,” kusho u-Ojimadu.
Ukwengeza ekucindezelekeni kwabo, izingane ezimbili zomqeqeshi zagula phakathi nohambo lwabo lwezinsuku ezintathu ukusuka e-Kharkiv beqonde e-Budapest.
Umndeni usuke e-Ukraine ngomhlaka-27 kuNhlolanja wafika ekuqaleni kwenyanga kaNdasa.
“Izimpilo zethu bezisengozini ngempela, ingakho senze leso sinqumo sokuhamba ngokushesha,” kusho u-Ojimadu.
“Kube nenkinga ngesitimela e-Kyiv.
Kwadingeka silinde amahora ayisikhombisa esiteshini sesitimela ngaphambi kokuba sithuthe. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho impi yayishube kakhulu enkabeni yedolobha. Besizwa amabhomu lapho sasikhona futhi asikwazanga ukuphuma esitimeleni.”
U-Ojimadu wasuka e-Nigeria waya e-Russia ngonyaka ka-1998 eyofunda ngomfundaze kodwa ngemuva kweminyaka wathuthela e-Ukraine ukuze ayoqala ibhizinisi nomfowabo.
Eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-20, umqeqeshi usephinde washiya konke ngemuva ukuze aqale impilo entsha nomndeni wakhe.
Umthombo wesithombe: @BBC