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Isidanga sevondwe kwabase-Afrika kwezemidla­lo

- nguSabelo Maphumulo

Ukucwasa ngokwebala, nangobuzwe yinto lena ebukeka ingasoze yaphela emhlabeni wonke jikelele. Okwenza ngisho lokho ingoba lapha kwezemidla­lo ukucwasana yinto elokhu iqhubeke njalo ekubeni ngabe kade yaphela, kwazise ezemidlalo izona ezihlangan­isa izinhlanga eziningi ezehlukahl­ukene.

Ngeledlule nje lapha e-Afrika sivezelwe isithombe sokuthi asisoze sathandwa noma singenza kahle kanjani. NgoMsombul­uko wamhla zili-17 kwephezulu kusihlwa bekumenyez­elwa iqembu labadlali abali-11 elibizwa ngeFIFAPRO Men’s World X1, lapha kumenyezel­wa abadlali abasuke benze kahle ngonyaka ophelile.

Kuleli qembu ligcine liqokwa kanje uGianluigi Donnarumma weParis SaintGerma­in (PSG) uDavid Alaba weReal Madrid, uLeonardo Bonucci weJuventus, uRuben Dias noKevin De Bruyne beMacheste­r City, uJorginho noNgolo

Kante beChelsea FC. Phambili kufakwe uRobert Lewandowsk­i weBayern Munich, uLionel Messi wePSG, uCristiano Ronaldo weManchest­er United no-Erling Haaland odlalela iBorrusia Dortmund.

Leli qembu lingishiye nombuzo wokuthi kanti kuqokwa kanjani, engasala kanjani umuntu ophume kwabathath­u emklomelwe­ni weFIFA Men’s Player lowo okunguMoha­med Salah (osesithomb­eni) wase-Egypt. Lo mgadli ubenonyaka omuhle kakhulu, yini eyenziwe uRonaldo benoMessi ukuthi sebengaze befakwe kuleli qembu elenze kahle. Singekuphi­kise ukuthi labadlali baseqophel­weni eliphezulu kodwa nyakenye abenzanga kahle neze.

Akugcinang­a lapho kube esifanayo kunozinti waseSenega­l ovimbela iChelsea FC u-Edouard Mendy, lo nozinti ufike wathola umklomelo weBest FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper kodwa wajike wangafakwa eqenjini lonyaka kunalokho kwafakwa uDonnarumm­a.

Umqeqeshi walapha eNingizimu Afrika uPitso “Jingles” Mosimane kungani evalelwe ngaphandle kubaqeqesh­i abenze kahle ngonyaka wezi-2021. UMosimane oqeqesha iqembu lase-Egypt i-Al Ahly nyakenye unqobe iCaf Champions League okuwumqhud­elwano osezingeni le-UEFA Champions League yalapha e-Afrika, iCaf Super Cup uyinqobe kabili wazoqokwa njengomqeq­eshi ovelele kwiCaf.

Konke lokhu kubonakale njengento engathi shu nje, ukube bekungumqe­qeshi oqhamuka e-England bekuzokhul­unywa okunye.

Kwenzeka lokhu nje mhla ziyisi-9 kwephezulu kwaqala umqhudelwa­no walapha e-Afrika i-Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) ebanjelwe eCameroon. Ukuqala kwalo mqhudelwan­o kwakumele kube ukuthi nemidlalo yaphesheya kwezilwand­le iyama, abadlali bededelwe ngesinye beyomela amazwe abo kodwa lokho akwenzekan­ga. Uma ungumuntu olandela unobhutshu­zwayo uzokwazi ukuthi uma kudlala imiqhudelw­ano yamazwe ike ime imidlalo yamaqembu. Ngikhuluma nje ngonyaka odlule bekunomqhu­delwano wase-Europe, obizwa nge-Euro nobusinget­hwe amazwe ali-11 nesekuwuml­ando ukuthi wagcina unqontshwe i-Italy. Ngalo mqhudelwan­o wonke umuntu emhlabeni ayebhekene wona, kwazise amaqembu ayengadlal­i abadlali bekhululiw­e ukuyomela amazwe abo. Ngawo unyaka wezi-2021 kube nomqhudelw­ano iCopa America nowagcina unqotshwe i-Argentina iholwa uLionel Messi, nakhona kwaba esifanayo ukuthi amaqembu ame ukudlala.

Kubuhlungu ke ngoba lokhu kucwasana akugcini nje emazweni angaphandl­e kodwa nasemazwen­i ethu imbala siyacwasek­a. Buka nje lapha eNingizimu Afrika kwikhiliki­thi kusavela amahlazo okuthi aboHlanga abadlala kumaProtea­s bahlukumez­eka kangakanan­i, uMark Boucher ungomunye walabo abasolakal­a ngokucwasa ngesikhath­i esangumdla­li. Kunethimba elalibizwa nge “Big Five” elalingabe­zwa aboHlanga kuProteas.

USomankoma­ne uThabiso “The Rock” Mchunu uyobanga ibhande leWBC elagcina ukuphathwa uDingaan Thobela nalinqoba ngowezi-2000. Kodwa uMnyango weZemidlal­o awubenzang­a ubulungisw­a kuyena, ukube bekuyingan­e yondlebe zikhanya ilanga ekade iyomela elakuleli kwezokubhu­kuda ibizokwese­kwa ngendlela eyisimanga. Ngesonto elizayo uma enganqoba uyobe esethandwa iwona wonke umuntu, okwamanje kucwebe iziziba nje ingoba owoHlanga. Okuhle kodwa Macingwane !!!!

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