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URonwen Williams uphatheke kabi ngemuva kokuphuma kweBafana kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ngesikhathi ekhuluma ngoHugo Broos nomthelela wakhe.
UWilliams uthi uBroos ubuyise ukuthenjwa kuBafana futhi ukhuthaze iqembu kanye nezwe ngesikhathi ehlala iminyaka emihlanu.
URonwen Williams ufuna uHugo Broos asale neBafana Bafana.
Lo kaputeni weBafana uthwale kanzima efihla imizwa yakhe ngemuva kokuthi elakuleli likhishwe eNdebeni yoMhlaba yiCanada ngeSonto ebusuku.
UWilliams umoya wakhe ubuphansi ngesikhathi ekhuluma ngobuhlungu bokuhlulwa ngo 1-0 eSoFi Stadium eLos Angeles.
Kodwa kuthe uma sekukhulunywa ngoBroos, okungenzeka ukuthi useqeqeshe iBafana okokugcina, izwi likaWilliams laqala lakhuphuka.
“Ngingama lapha ubusuku bonke ngikhulume ngomqeqeshi uHugo,” kusho uWilliams.
“Inkolelo ayifake ngaphakathi kuleli qembu, kusukela ngosuku lokuqala, ikhethekile. Angazi ukuthi yini ayeyibona kithi. Kodwa, nsuku zonke, lapho abantu bengakholelwa kithi, futhi kunzima nguyena owayehlala esisekela futhi ekholelwa kithi.”
UWilliams uthe uBroos wenze okungaphezu kokwenza ngcono imiphumela yeBafana.
“Akwenzele leli qembu amagama angeke akuchaze,” usho kanje. “Akazange akhuthaze iqembu kuphela, kodwa nezwe.”
UBroos uthathe izintambo kuBafana ngo-2021, ngesikhathi leli qembu lilwela ukungena njalo emiqhudelwaneni emikhulu.
Kusukela lapho, usehole iNingizimu Afrika endaweni yesithathu ku-Africa Cup of Nations ka-2023 waphinde wafinyelela esigabeni sokuphuma eNdebeni yoMhlaba okokuqala ngqa.
UWilliams uthe uBroos uphinde washintsha indlela abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abazizwa ngayo ngeBafana.
“Uhlanganise izwe,” kusho uWilliams.
“Uma ubona manje ukwesekwa iBafana ekutholayo, konke kuncike enkolelweni nakulethe kuleli qembu. Ufana nobaba kithina, umngani, umfowethu nomqeqeshi osezingeni eliphezulu.”
UBroos phambilini wayethe iNdebe Yomhlaba ka-2026 kuzoba umsebenzi wakhe wokugcina ebholeni, kodwa usephakamise ukuthi angase acabange futhi.
UWilliams uthe uma lona bekuwumdlalo wokugcina kaBroos, angahamba ngokuziqhenya.
“Uma kungumdlalo wakhe wokugcina lona angakwazi ukukhothama ephakamise ikhanda ngoba abafana bebeqhudelana ikakhulukazi ezingeni eliphezulu,” usho kanje. “Ngiyaziqhenya ngokuthi ngisebenze nomqeqeshi uHugo.”
UWilliams uthe iBafana kumele manje yakhele kulokhu ekwazile ukukuzuza eNdebeni yoMhlaba.
Uthe iqembu liwakhile amathuba.
UWilliams uphinde wancoma abadlali abasebancane beBafana, okuhlanganisa nomdlali wasemuva uMbekezeli Mbokazi no-Ime Okon.
“Ngijabule ngekusasa lezwe,” usho kanje. “Akumele kusithathe iminyaka neminyaka ukuthi sibe yingxenye yeNdebe yoMhlaba. Sidinga ukuqhubeka njengezwe nanjengeqembu.”
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