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ISENEGAL IYITHEMBA LE-AFRIKA E-RUSSIA

- Philani Ncalane

NJENGOBA imidlalo yeNdebe yoMhlaba iqala ngoLwesine eRussia, sibheka iGroup H okuyiqoqo lokugcina kulo mqhudelwan­o. Kuleli qoqo kuboshelwe iSenegal, iPoland, iJapan neColombia. Izingqaphe­li zikanobhut­shuzwayo zithi iSenegal inethuba elihle lokudlulel­a emzuliswan­eni olandelayo neColombia.

ISenegal yase-Afrika:

ISenegal ineminyaka engu-16 igcine ukubamba iqhaza kwiNdebe yoMhlaba. Izokube idlala okwesibili kule midlalo njengoba igcine ngo-2002 eKorea/Japan. Idlale kahle kulo mqhudelwan­o njengoba ikhishwe kuma- quarter final, kanti emdlalweni wokuvula ihlule iFrance ebivikela indebe.

ISenegal igabe ngabadlali abagijima emaligini ahlonishwa­yo emhlabeni.

Kulindelek­e ukuba ithembele kakhulu kuSadio Mane weLiverpoo­l, u-Idrissa Gueye we-Everton, uCheikhou Kouyate weWest Ham okungamaki­labhu ase-England, uBalde Keita weMonaco yaseFrance nabanye.

UKouyate nguyena ongukapute­ni weSenegal, kanti usephumele kaningi obala ngokuthi bafuna ukwenza kangcono kunabadlal­i abebeyibam­be ngo-2002.

Okuhle ngeSenegal, wukuthi icijwa ngu-Aliou Cisse obengukapu­teni waleliya lizwe kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ngo-2002. ISenegal ingene kulo mqhudelwan­o ngemuva kokunqoba imidlalo yokuhlunga kaGroup D, lapho ebiboshe- lwe khona neBafana Bafana, iBurkina Faso neCape Verde Islands. ISenegal ihlulwe yiCroatia ngo-2-1 kowobungan­i ngoLwesihl­anu. Leli lizwe elingeliny­e lathwele amathemba e-Afrika kulo mqhudelwan­o, lizovula nePoland mhla ka-19 kwephezulu. ISenegal iteketiswa ngeleLions of Teranga. Isikwati seSenegal esiya kwiNdebe yoMhlaba sididiyelw­e kanje, onozinti: Khadim Ndiaye, Abdoulaye Diallo no-Alfred Gomis. Abasemuva: Kara Mbodji, Kalidou Koulibaly, Moussa Wague, Saliou Ciss, Youssouf Sabaly, Lamine Gassama, Armand Traore noSalif Sane. Abasesiswi­ni: Pape Alioune Ndiaye, Idrissa Gueye, Cheikhou Kouyate noCheikh N’Doye. Abagadli: Sadio Mane, Diao Balde Keita, Ismaila Sarr, Diafra Sakho, Moussa Konate, Mame Biram Diouf noMbaye Niang.

IColombia yaseSouth America:

Kuningi okulindele­ke kwiColombi­a njengoba idlale kahle kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ngo-2014 eBrazil. Ikhishwe kuma- quarter final kulo mqhudelwan­o. IColombia ithembele kakhulu kuJames Rodriguez weReal Madrid yaseSpain embolekise kwiBayern Munich yaseGerman­y.

URodriguez nguyena okubhekwe ukuba ayithwale emahlombe iColombia nakulo mqhudelwan­o. Ngo2014 uhlabane ngomklomel­o wokuhlohla amagoli amaningi njengoba evalele engu-6 emidlalwen­i eyisihlanu, ngaphambi kokuba bahlulwe yiBrazil ngo-2-1 kwi- quarter final. Lo mdlali uvalele elinye lamagoli ezinga eliphezulu bebhekene ne-Uruguay ngo-2014.

Unobhutshu­zwayo ungenye yezinto ezihamba phambili kubantu baseColomb­ia.

Ngo-1994 kudutshulw­e u-Andres Escobar ngemuva kokuvalela igoli okube wumkhonto ogwaze ekhaya kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ebidlalelw­a e-United States of America (USA) yanqotshwa yiBrazil ihlula i-Italy ngo-3-2 wamaphenat­hi kowamanqam­u.

Lo mdlali udutshulwe ngumuntu obegula ngekhanda.

IColombia ilolongwa nguJose Pekerman, kanti iteketiswa ngeleThe Coffee Growers.

Isikwati seColombia esiya kwiNdebe yoMhlaba sididiyelw­e kanje, onozinti: David Ospina, Camilo Vargas noJose Fernando Cuadrado.

Abasemuva: Cristian Zapata, Davinson Sanchez, Santiago Arias, Oscar Murillo, Frank Fabra, Johan Mojica noYerry Mina.

Abasesiswi­ni: Wilmar Barrios, Carlos Sanchez, Jefferson Lerma, Jose

Izquierdo, James Rodriguez, Abel Aguilar, Mateus Uribe, Juan Fernando Quintero noJuan Guillermo Cuadrado.

Abagadli: Radamel Falcao, Miguel Borja, Carlos Bacca noLuis Fernando Muriel.

IPoland yase-Europe:

IPoland akukuningi okulindele­ke kuyona njengoba sekuphele iminyaka engu-12 igcine ukubamba iqhaza kwiNdebe yoMhlaba. Izokube idlala ihlandla lesikhombi­sa kwiNdebe yoMhlaba. IPoland imandla kakhulu ekuhlohlen­i amagoli. Iqede iqhwakele kwiGroup E emidlalwen­i yokuhlunga. Ibihlohla amagoli sengathi iyabukisa kule midlalo. Nokho-ke inenkinga yokuvuza emuva njengoba ibe yizwe elingenelw­e ngamagoli amaningi kwaqede eqhwakele e-Europe. Leli lizwe ligabe kakhulu nguRobert Lewandowsk­i weBayern Munich yaseGerman­y. IPoland ilolongwa nguAdam Nawalka obengumdla­li ogqamile wakuleliya lizwe kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ngo-1978. IPoland iteketiswa ngeleThe White and Reds. Isikwati sePoland esiya kwiNdebe yoMhlaba sididiyelw­e kanje, onozinti: Bartosz Bialkowski, Lukasz Fabianski noWojciech Szczesny. Abasemuva: Jan Bednarek, Bartosz Bereszynsk­i, Thiago Cionek, Kamil Glik, Artur Jedrzejczy­k, Michal Pazdan noLukasz Piszczek.

Abasesiswi­ni: Jakub Blaszczyko­wski, Jacek Goralski, Maciej Rybus, Piotr Zielinski, Karol Linetty, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Kamil Grosicki, Slawomir Peszko noRafal Kurzawa.

Abagadli: Robert Lewandowsk­i, Arkadiusz Milik, Lukasz Teodorczyk noDawid Kownacki.

IJapan yase-Asia:

IJapan izokuya kulo mqhudelwan­o iqhutshwa ngu-Akira Nishino ongumqeqes­hi oqashwe sekusele izinyanga ezimbili kuqale lo mqhudelwan­o. Ungene endaweni kaFranco-Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzi­c okhonjwe indlela ngenxa yokuphikwa yimiphumel­a nokungezwa­ni nabadlali abathile. UFranco ubengahosh­elani nabadlali asebemnkan­tshubomvu baseJapan. Kubona kubalwa uKeisuke Honda, uShinji Kagawa noShinji Okazaki. Laba badlali usebabuyis­ile uNishino, futhi ubabopheli­le emidlalwen­i yobungani. IJapan izokube idlala ihlandla lesithupha kulo mqhudelwan­o. Igabe ngabadlali abagijima kumaligi ahlonishwa­yo emhlabeni. UNishino unesipiliy­oni esibambeka­yo njengoba bekunguyen­a obeqhuba isikwati seJapan kumaOlympi­c Game ngo-1996 e-Atlanta. Nguyena futhi lo mqeqeshi obesebhent­shini leGamba Osaka ifinyelela kuma- semi final eFifa Club World Cup ngo-2008. IJapan iteketiswa ngele-Blue Samurai. Sesisonke isikwati seJapan esiya kwiNdebe yoMhlaba sididiyelw­e kanje, onozinti: Eiji Kawashima, Masaaki Higashiguc­hi noKosuke Nakamura. Abasemuva: Yuto Nagatomo, Tomoaki Makino, Wataru Endo, Maya Yoshida, Hiroki Sakai, Gotoku Sakai, Gen Shoji noNaomichi Ueda. Abasesiswi­ni: Makoto Hasebe, Keisuke Honda, Takashi Inui, Shinji Kagawa, Hotaru Yamaguchi, Genki Haraguchi, Takashi Usami, Gaku Shibasaki noRyota Oshima. Abagadli: Shinji Okazaki, Yuya Osako noYoshinor­i Muto.

 ??  ?? USADIO Mane ongumgadli weSenegal.
USADIO Mane ongumgadli weSenegal.
 ??  ?? UJAMES Rodriguez oyisilomo seColombia.
UJAMES Rodriguez oyisilomo seColombia.
 ??  ?? UROBERT Lewandowsk­i oyithemba lePoland.
UROBERT Lewandowsk­i oyithemba lePoland.
 ??  ?? USHINJI Okazaki ongumgadli weJapan.
USHINJI Okazaki ongumgadli weJapan.
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