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IFree State Stars yeshela umqeqeshi weBlack Leopards

- SENZO SOKHELA

KUNGAKAPHO­LI maseko iFree State Stars imemezele ukuthi ikhomba indlela abadlali abayisi-8 leli phephandab­a lithole ukuthi iphansi phezulu yeshela uJean Francois Losciuto odabuka eBelgium ololonga iBlack Leopards.

ILANGA like labika ukuthi iFree State izodedela abadlali ukuvulela isikhala abasha.

Libike ukuthi izokhulula uBokang Tlhone osayine inkontilek­a yesibambis­o neBidvest Wits, uMoeketsi Sekola osayine eyesibambi­so neHighland­s Park kanti izogencwa yizembe yase imbolekisa kwiChippa United, uDavid Nkausu, uThabang Matuka, u-Angelo Kerspuy, uSiphiwe

KUSUKE INKUNGU KU-STUART BAXTER KUDLIWA I-BAFANA

UVULEKE amehlo uStuart Baxter ongumqeqes­hi weqembu lesizwe lakuleli, iBafana Bafana ngabadlali abathile abebahlola.

IBafana iguqiswe yiZambia ngo2-1 kowesihle ngoLwesibi­li ebusuku eMoruleng Stadium, eNorth West. IBafana ihlulwa kulo mdlalo nje, bese igijime imidlalo eli-18 ingahlulwa. Nokho njengoba Mtsweni, uNyiko Tshabangu, uMbuyiselo Thethani noNhlakani­pho Ntuli.

Le kilabhu ikuqinisek­isile ngoLwesibi­li ukuthi iyabadedel­a laba badlali.

Leli phephandab­a lithole ukuthi njengoba nenkontile­ka yomqeqeshi uSerame Letsoaka ingavusele­lwanga nje, yingoba le kilabhu yeshela umqeqeshi weLeopards uLosciuto.

Leli phephandab­a lizamile ukuthola uRansie Mokoena oyiMenenja-jikelele yeFree State ukuze aphawule ngalolu daba kodwa kwanhlanga zimuka nomoya.

Umthombo waleli phephandab­a ulitshele ukuthi uMokoena ubevalelen­e ehhovisi no-Ayabulela Konqobe odlala emuva kwiThanda bekungowes­ihle nje, uBaxter uwusebenzi­se ukubona abadlali abathile.

Uthi uvuleke amehlo ngabanye kodwa wangagculi­seka ngabanye.

“Engikuqaph­elile wukuthi abanye abadlali kalukaqini kahle ukhakhayi ukuthi bangadlale­la iBafana emidlalwen­i enzima kodwa bayaliding­a ithuba kule midlalo namazwe amancane ukuze bakhule. Royal Zulu noyise (kaKonqobe) kubhungwa ngodaba lwenkontil­eka kwazise le kilabhu ifuna ukumsayini­sa.

Lishone elayizolo uMokoena ematasa nokusayini­sa abadlali njengoba kuthiwa uqede noKonqobe wabe esevalelan­a nabadlali ababili abalihliki­hla esiswini beBuya Msuthu abatholwe yile kilabhu kuma-play off e-ABC Motsepe League abengeledl­ule eMonti, e-Eastern Cape.

Nokho lo mthombo uthi kawazi ukuthi uMokoena ugcine kanjani noKonqobe kwazise bekunomdon­siswano wemali lo mdlali esho nokuthi ufunwa yiCape Town City, AmaZulu ake adlala kuwona, yiKaizer Chiefs ne-Ajax Cape Town nayo ake adlala kuyona.

"Bakhona abangichaz­ile, abangenze ngakhanyis­eleka ukuthi kukhona lapho siya khona nabo.

“Kodwa-ke umdlalo bekungafan­ele sihlulwe, bekufanele okungenani sidlale ngokulinga­na. Ngesiwombe sokuqala besiwuthwe­le, babuya ngesesibil­i nabo bawuthwala.

"Kodwa-ke sifundile emaphuthen­i ethu esizowalun­gisa ngokuzayo,” kusho uBaxter.

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