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IBafana isahamba kahle endleleni ebheke kweyoMhlab­a eQatar

- ZAKHELE XABA

IBAFANA Bafana iqhubekile nokucaba indlela ebheke koweNdebe yoMhlaba ngokwehlul­a i-Ethiopia emdlalweni wokuhlunga eFNB Stadium, eNasrec, ngoLwesibi­li ebusuku.

Igoli leBafana kube wumkhonto ogwaze ekhaya womgadli uGetaneh Kebede ongukapute­ni we-Ethiopia esiwombeni sokuqala.

Emdlalweni womlenze wokuqala ekuhambeni ne-Ethiopia, iBafana yanqoba ngo 3-1.

IBafana ingene enkundleni isinengcin­dezi yokunqoba kulandela ukuwina kweGhana eyehlule iZimbabwe eHarare ngo 1-0. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni iBafana ingene enkundleni seyehlile esicongwen­i se-log kaGroup G, sekwenyuke amaBlack Stars ngamaphuzu ayisishiya­galolunye. Nokho ukwehlula i-Ethiopia kuyibuyise­le eqhulwini ngamaphuzu angu-10.

Umbango weqembu elizodlule­la emdlalweni wokugcina wokuhlunga ngoMashi ususele phakathi kweBafana neGhana. Iqembu elizoqeda eqhulwini lizojoyina amanye ayisishiya­galolunye azoshaya amaphiko kwamanye amaqoqo.

Amazwe azodlala ekhaya nasekuhamb­eni, kusale ayisihlanu azomela izwekazi i-Afrika koweNdebe yoMhlaba eQatar ngonyaka ozayo.

Emidlalwen­i emibili yokugcina iBafana izobhekana neZimbabwe ekhaya ngoNovemba 11, ivale neGhana ekuhambeni ngoNovemba 14.

Kulo mdlalo obuseFNB Stadium, i-Ethiopia iyona ekhombise ukuzinza kuqala nokuphatha ibhola. IBafana bekucacile ukuthi ifuna ukusebenzi­sa iqhinga lokuyidoba i-Ethiopia, idlale amabhola emuva kodonga lwayo emuva ukuze isebenzise ijubane labagadli uBongokuhl­e Hlongwane,

Evidence Makgopa noVictor Letsoalo.

Kusheshe kwabalunge­la abafana bakaHugo Broos ngesikhath­i uKebede elivalela ngakubo kukade kuyikhona kaYusuf Maart ngomzuzu ka-11. Emuva kwalokho i-Ethiopia izamile ukuphendul­a ngokushesh­a kodwa yehluleka ukushaya igoli.

Esiwombeni sesibili, i-Ethiopia ibuye ngomfutho ofanayo neqale ngawo umdlalo kodwa izinto ziyiphika. Ngomzuzu ka-55 ibhola likaMakgop­a lichithwe seliyongen­a esedlulile kunozinti we-Ethiopia.

IBafana Bafana yagcina ukudlala kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ngo-2010 ngesikhath­i iNingizimu Afrika ingosokhay­a. Ngaphambi kwalokho yayikade igcine ukuzibekis­ela indawo ngezithuku­thuku zayo emqhudelwa­neni wango-2002 eKorea/Japan.

Ngale kwalokho leli qembu selijwayel­e ukuphoxa abalandeli ngokuhlule­ka wukuzibeki­sela indawo emiqhudelw­aneni. UBroos uthathe izintambo kuMolefi Ntseki ophoxekile ehluleka wukufaka iqembu kwi-Africa Cup of Nations ezoba seCameroon ngonyaka ozayo.

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