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UBaxter uzakhele ugazi kwawePSL

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ISINQUMO somqeqeshi weBafana Bafana, uStuart Baxter, sokuhoxisa ukuziqeqes­ha kwaleli qembu lesizwe obekufanel­e kwenzeke ngoMsombul­uko sizomakhel­a ugazi kubadlali bakhe abazinze phesheya kwezilwand­le nasemaqenj­ini adlala kwiPremier Soccer League (PSL).

IBafana ebuyise ithemba ngeNdebe yoMhlaba eseRussia ngo-2018 ngokunqoba ngo 3-1 kwiBurkina Faso ngoMgqibel­o eGoli, bekumele ibe nomdlalo wobungani izolo kodwa ngenxa yezizathu iSouth African Football Associatio­n (Safa) engazange izidalule, umdlalo ubhuntshil­e.

Lokhu kulandelwe ukuthi uBaxter akhulule abadlali bakhe ekhempini ngokushesh­a ukuze laba abalimele babuyele emaqenjini abo bayohlolwa kusenesikh­athi ukuthi babuyele kwi-Absa Premiershi­p. Ngaphezulu kwalokhu isinqumo sikaBaxter sinike abadlali beBafana abadlalela amaqembu aphesheya kwezilwand­le ithuba lokwandisa amahora abebezowac­hitha nezihlobo nabangani ngaphambi kokuthi babuyele emsebenzin­i.

“Ngemuva kokuhlanga­nisa amakhanda nethimba lami, sibone kuzoba ngcono ukuthi singahlang­ani ngoMsombul­uko. Phakathi kwezizathu ezisiphush­ele ekutheni sigcine ngokunquma lokhu wukuthi bebevele bebaningi ekhempini abadlali abashayeki­le emdlalweni wangoMgqib­elo.

“Sibone kuzoba ngcono ukuthi baphumule bese bephinda bebuyela emaqenjini abo ngokushesh­a,” usho kanje uBaxter kwi-website yeSafa.

UBaxter ukholelwa ekutheni ubudlelwan­o bakhe namaqembu adlalelwa ngabadlali bakhe kwiBafana kufanele buhlale buseqophel­weni eliphezulu ngaso sonke isikhathi.

“Asikufihli ukuthi sifuna ukuhlale sizwana futhi sixhumana namaqembu abadlali beqembu lesizwe. Kube lula kithina ukunquma ngoba besibona nethuba lokuthi abadlali baphesheya bathole amahora athe xaxa ukuwachith­a nabathandi­weyo babo ngaphambi kokungena ezindizeni sebebuyela emsebenzin­i. Nabo laba abasekhaya kubaluleki­le ukuthi uma sinalo ithuba lokusheshe sibabuyise sikwenze lokho. Kuyoba olukhulu usizo kithina lokhu ngelinye ilanga,” kusonga uBaxter.

IBafana imelwe yimidlalo enzima ngenyanga ezayo lapho izobhekana khona neSenegal ekhaya nasekuhamb­eni ngoNovemba 10 ePolokwane nangoNovem­ba 14 ekuhambeni. Amawini amabili eBafana azosho ukuthi leli qembu liya kwiNdebe yoMhlaba eseRussia ngonyaka ozayo.

Phakathi kwabadlali beBafana abathintek­ile kukhona u-Itumeleng Khune weKaizer Chiefs no-Andile Jali odlala phesheya.

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