U-KG uzoba yiphini lomqeqeshi weRoyal Eagles
OWAYEGIJIMA kwiBafana Bafana uKagisho “KG” Dikgacoi usejoyine iRoyal Eagles njengomunye wabaqeqeshi.
U-KG uzoba yiphini likaRoger Sikhakhane ngesizini ezayo kuleli qembu laKwaZulu-Natal elidlala kwiNational First Division (NFD).
UDikgacoi owayedlala esiswini ugcine ukubonakala enkundleni edlalela iLamontville Golden Arrows kumasizini amabili edlule. Uyijoyine ngemuva kokuhlala iminyaka eyisithupha e-Europe lapho edlale kwiFulham Crystal Palace nakwiCardiff City e-England.
Imenenja ye-Eagles, uJames Dlamini, ikuqinisekisile ukuthi uDikgacoi usesethimbeni labo labaqeqeshi. “Yebo kuyiqiniso ukuthi uDikgacoi usesijoyinile. Usayine inkontileka yonyaka owodwa enombandela wokuyivuselela. Siyaziqhenya ngokujoyinwa umuntu osezingeni lakhe,” kusho uDlamini.
Isizini edlule ibe yimbi kwi-Eagles njengoba ibibitoza ngasemsileni kwi-log kodwa ukufika kukaSikhakhane kugcine kuyisindisile.
UDikgacoi wadlala kwiBafana kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ngo-2010. Ugcine egijime imidlalo engu-54 kuyona washaya amagoli amabili.
Ungomunye wabadlali abambalwa bamanje abakwazile ukusuka kwiPremier Soccer League baqonda kwi-English Premiership okungelula ukufinyelela kuyona ngenxa yemigomo yakhona eqinile. Wasuka kuBafana Bes’thende waqonda kwiFulham ngo-2009.
I-Eagles ayiqali ukuthatha asebezenzele igama ebholeni. Ike yadlalelwa uThulasizwe “Juju” Mbuyane, Katlego “Killer” Mphela, noMark Mayambela.
Akungatshazwa ukuthi ukufika kukaDikgacoi kulindelwe ukuthi kuyibeke endaweni enhle ngesizini ezayo.
“URoger Sikhakhane uyena ocele ukuthi alethwe eqenjini. Uzoletha isipiliyoni nolwazi aluthole ngesikhathi edlala phesheya naseqenjini lesizwe. UBafana Nhlapho yena uzoba ngumqeqeshi wonozinti,” kusho umthombo osondelene neqembu.
UDikgacoi akatholakalanga ukuthi aphawule izolo kodwa leli phephandaba lingakuqinisekisa ukuthi ubekhona ejimini ye-Eagle.
UDlamini ubuye waveza ukuthi iqembu selisayinise uMbulelo Wambi, Levy Stoffels, Bongani Chikila, Simphiwe Tshabalala noLungelo Dlamini obolekwe kuMaZulu FC. Uthe basalindele ukuthola omunye umdlali kwiOrlando Pirates. Leli qembu lisazinze eMgungundlovu kodwa lizobambela imidlalo yasekhaya eChartsworth Stadium naseWema Stadium, eThekwini.