Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
INingizimu Afrika kumele ithole amaphuzu amathathu uma ibhekene neSouth Korea eMonterrey Stadium ukuze ifinyelele ku-Last 32 yeNdebe yoMhlaba.
Umdlali wasesiswini weBafana Bafana uThapelo Maseko uthi iNingizimu Afrika isikulungele ukubhekana neSouth Korea eMexico ngemuva kokudlala ngokulingana neCzechia.
Umdlali weBafana Bafana, uThapelo Maseko, ukholelwa ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika izobe isikulungele ukubhekana neSouth Korea emdlalweni okufanele iwunqobe. Amaqembu azodlala umdlalo wamaqoqo we-2026 Fifa World Cup eMonterrey Stadium eMexico ngoLwesine.
INingizimu Afrika kumele inqobe ukuze ifinyelele esigabeni samaqembu angu-32. IBafana Bafana inephuzu elilodwa ngemuva kwemidlalo emibili kuGroup A.
UMaseko uthe abadlali banomqeqeshi osezingeni eliphezulu nabahlaziyi abakwaziyo okumele bakwenze. Uthe iqembu kumele lenze uhlelo.
Ukudlala ngokulingana neCzechia ngesonto eledlule kunikeze iNingizimu Afrika ithuba lokulwa. UMaseko uthe ukuqhathwa kwabadlali kukhulu ukuzethemba kwabadlali nabaqeqeshi.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-22 ubudala usize iNingizimu Afrika yathola igoli lokulinganisa ibhekene neCzechia.
UTeboho Mokoena ushaye iphenalthi. UMaseko uthe ukuthatha amashodi amade kuyingxenye yesu lokuthola iphuzu noma ukuwina.
ISouth Korea izovivinya iNingizimu Afrika ngendlela ehlukile uma iqhathaniswa neqembu le-Czechia. Iqembu lase-Asia lishaye iCzechia ngo 2-1 kodwa lahlulwa ngo 1-0 yiMexico ngenxa yephutha likanozinti.
ISouth Korea ingasebenzisa umgadli uSon Heung-min phambili. Baphinde babe nomdlali wasesiswini ohlaselayo u-Lee Kang-in, ofudukela e-Atletico Madrid.
U-Lee uthe kuyadumaza ukuthi bahlulwe ngesikhathi belungiselela ukunqoba. Uthe badinga ukuzilungiselela kangcono ukuze badlulele esigabeni samaqembu angu-32.
INingizimu Afrika izodlala ngaphandle kukaTeboho Mokoena noThemba Zwane ngoba bamisiwe. Kodwa uSphephelo Sithole usebuyile ngemuva kokuphuthelwa umdlalo wokugcina.
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