‘Kubuyise ithemba ukufunwa yiPlatinum’
AKADIKIBELE ngokubuya eMzansi u-Edmore Chirambandare waseZimbabwe obekade kuvele ukuthi usejoyine iFC Platinum yangakubo edlala kwiCAF Champions League.
UChirambandare, ofike eMzansi kumasizini adlule ezodlala kwiKaizer Chiefs, usebuyele kwiMaccabi edlala kwiNational First Division (NFD) abekade eyishiye ngoba esethenjiswe itshe lemali ekhaya.
Kuvele ukuthi iPlatinum igodole nemali sekufanele ikhokhe nokuholele ekutheni amaqembu womabili agcine engavumelananga. UChirambandare ubedlala kwiMaccabi ngesikhathi ihlulwa yi-Ajax Cape Town ngo 1-0 eDobsonville Stadium ngoMgqibelo.
UChirambandare uthe nakuba ebekade esezitshelile ukuthi uzodlalela iPlatinum kwiChampions League kodwa usekudlulisile konke okwenzekile. IPlatinum isemsileni kuGroup B obophele i-Orlando Pirates, Esperance yaseTunisia neHoroya AC yaseGuinea.
“Akwenzekanga ebengikade ngikubhekile. Ngibuyile lapha futhi ngijabule. Ngizoqhubeka lapho engagcina khona. Angiyitholanga incwadi engikhululayo yingakho ngisadlalela iMaccabi. Bengibatshelile kwiPlatinum ukuthi ngizoyilanda kodwa angizange ngiyithole,” kusho uChirambandare.
“Uma ungumdlali kufanele ugxile kokwenzeka enkundleni. Ngiyile kwiPlatinum, ngaziqeqesha nayo, ngagxilisa umqondo wami khona. Manje ngibuyile, sekufanele ngiwugxilise lapha. Kuyakwenyusa ukuzethemba kimina ukuthi ngisengadlala eqenjini elidlala kwiChampions League. Uma ufunwa yiqembu elikhulu eZimbabwe, ompetha, kusho ukuthi kusekhona ongakwenza. Ngakho ngizoqhubeka nokusebenza kanzima lapha kwiMaccabi, sibone ukuthi kwenzekani.”
Isikhulu seMaccabi, u-Elasto Lungu Kapowezha, sithe uChirambandare ubuyiswe yindaba yemali.
“Uma umdlali umfuna kufanele wenze konke okufanele. IPlatinum ibingafuni ukwenza konke ngendlela yingakho ebuyile.
“Besingeke sikhiphe incwadi yokukhulula uChirambandare zingakhishiwe izimfanelo,” kusho uKapowezha. Ubuntu Cape Town v Jomo Cosmos (Athlone Stadium, 3.30pm) Mbombela United v Stellenbosch (Kanyamazane Stadium); Witbank Spurs v Uthongathi FC (Puma Stadium); Royal Eagles v Pretoria University FC (Chatsworth Stadium)
Ajax Cape Town v Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila ( Athlone Stadium); TS Galaxy v Real Kings (Kameelrivier Stadium); Richards Bay v Cape Umoya United (Umhlathuze Sports Complex); TS Sporting v Maccabi FC (Kabokweni Stadium)