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Umdlali wasesiswini uTeboho Mokoena ukhale izinyembezi zenjabulo ngesikhathi kuculwa iculo lesizwe ngaphambi kokuthi iNingizimu Afrika idlale neCzechia e-Atlanta Stadium.
UTeboho Mokoena ukhale izinyembezi zenjabulo ngoba lo mdlali wasesiswini ecabanga ngomkhulu wakhe ongasekho owayekholelwa kuye.
Umdlali waseNingizimu Afrika uTeboho Mokoena ukhale izinyembezi zenjabulo ngoLwesine. Lesi sihlabani sathinteka emoyeni ngesikhathi kuculwa iculo lesizwe e-Atlanta Stadium.
Lesi sikhathi senzeke ngaphambi kokuthi iNingizimu Afrika idlale neCzechia.
UMokoena uthe imizwa ebishubile ivele ngoba lo mdlali wasesiswini ubecabanga ngomkhulu wakhe ongasekho. Uzwe engathi ukhona umkhulu wakhe ngaleso sikhathi. UMokoena ubazi ukuthi umkhulu wakhe uzoziqhenya ngempumelelo yakhe.
Umama wakhe, uManthati Mokoena, wamkhulisa njengomzali oyedwa ngosizo lukagogo nomkhulu wakhe. Lokhu kwenzeke ngemuva kokushona kukayise, umdlali webhola okhokhelwayo u-Alexis Motaung, ngesikhathi uMokoena eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala. Lo mndeni wayezilile ngo-2010 ngesikhathi iNingizimu Afrika isingathe iNdebe yoMhlaba.
UMokoena uthe umkhulu wakhe wayekholelwa ethalenteni lakhe lebhola ngesikhathi kungekho omunye umuntu owayekholelwa. Ukushona kukayise kwagqugquzela uMokoena ukuthi asebenze kanzima futhi ondle umndeni wakhe. UMokoena wayefuna umama wakhe aphile impilo emnandi, kubika iNews24.
Ngesikhathi kuculwa iculo, uMokoena wabuye wacabanga ngonina nendodana yakhe. Isihlabane asikaze siphuphe njengengane ekhulela eBetlehema ukuthi ukubonakala kweNdebe Yomhlaba phambi kwesixuku kuzokwenzeka. UMokoena uthe uphila iphupho lakhe esemncane.
UMokoena ushaye iphenalthi kade ebhekene nonozinti we-Czechia, u-Jindrich Stanek, umdlalo uphele ngokulingana. Leli goli ligcine umqhudelwano uphila eNingizimu Afrika.
Kodwa uMokoena uphinde wathola ikhadi eliphuzi lesibili ngesikhathi somdlalo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi lo mdlali wasesiswini uzophuthelwa wumdlalo olandelayo wamaqoqo neSouth Korea.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UTeboho Mokoena ebungaza igoli lakhe bebhekene neCzechia.
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