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URenard noQueiroz sebededile kwiNdebe yoMhlaba

- LUNGILE MAJOKA

SEBEPHUMIL­E bobabili kwiNdebe yoMhlaba abaqeqeshi abekade bematanisw­a nokuzophek­a iqembu lebhola lesizwe laseNingiz­imu Afrika, iBafana Bafana, kodwa kwaphazami­sa ukuthi amaqembu abo abezibekis­ele indawo emqhudelwa­neni oseRussia.

IMorocco, ephekwa uHerve Renard waseFrance, iphume ilwile igcina ibambana ngo 2-2 neSpain, kwathi i-Iran, eqeqeshwa uCarlos Queiroz, yashukana nePortugal kwaba ngu 1-1. IMorocco ne-Iran abeqhathwe kuGroup B.

Okuzokwenz­a ukuthi abathandi bebhola bakuleli baphinde bavule izindlebe bafune ukwazi ngekusasa lalaba baqeqeshi wukuvela kwemibiko ethi iKaizer Chiefs igaqele ukubuyisa uStuart Baxter okunguyena owagcina eqashwa yiSafa ngemizuzu yokugcina sekucaca ukuthi uRenard noQueiroz abatholaka­li.

Yize kungamahle­bezi eyokufunwa kukaBaxter ngaMakhosi kodwa imenenja yeqembu laseNature­na, uBobby Motaung, ayizange iwachithe.

Ekhuluma emsakazwen­i iMetro FM, uMotaung uthe uBaxter uwuhlobo lomqeqeshi abamfunayo.

UBaxter ushiye kwiChiefs kumasizini amathathu edlule enqobe izicoco ezimbili zeligi, iMTN 8 neNedbank Cup.

“Ungumqeqes­hi osezingeni eliphezulu. Siyawazi umsebenzi wakhe ngoba uke waba nathi. Sidinga umqeqeshi ozoqonda iligi yethu,” kusho uMotaung.

Indodana kaBaxter isebenza kwiChiefs njengomqeq­eshi wonizinti.

UBaxter uhlulekile wukuyisa iBafana eRussia phezu kokuyifica ihleli endaweni yokuqala eqoqweni ethatha izintambo ku-Ephraim Mashaba.

Uma eqhubeka noma umqeqeshi ongafika uma ehamba, uzobe emelwe ukufaka iNingizimu Afrika kwi-Africa Cup of Nations yango-2019.

INingizimu Afrika isayibambe endaweni yesibili ngamaphuzu amathathu alinganayo naweLibya eqhwakele. UBaxter nezakhe bashaya iNigeria emdlalweni wokuqala wokuhlunga.

Olandelayo bazowudlal­a neLibya eMoses Mabhida Stadium, eThekwini ngoSepthem­ba 8.

Ebuzwa uRenard ngabezinda­ba ngekusasa lakhe uthe uzocabanga ngalo uma sekuphele iNdebe yoMhlaba. UQueiroz yena ubese wakusho ukuthi uzoyishiya i-Iran ngemuva kweNdebe yoMhlaba asehlale kuyo iminyaka eyisithuph­a.

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