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AbeBanyana bathenjisw­e izigidi ngeNdebe yoMhlaba

- ZAKHELE XABA

UJABU Maluleke wePolokwan­e City uhlabane ngomklomel­o womdlalo ovelele ka-Okthoba izolo Isithombe: BACKPAGEPI­X ABADLALI abanamava beBanyana Banyana abazothwal­a amathemba eNingizimu Afrika emqhudelwa­neni i-Women’s Africa Cup of Nations ezoba seGhana maphakathi nenyanga bakhathazw­a wukushonel­wa yilanga bengakaze badlale kwiNdebe yoMhlaba .

IBanyana iku-Group B eqhathwe kuwo neNigeria, Zambia neKenya. Izovula neNigeria ngoNovemba 18. Amaqembu amathathu aqede phezulu azodlala kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ezoba seFrance ngonyaka ozayo.

ISafa ithe iyibekele imivuzo iBanyana uma ingene kwiNdebe yoMhlaba. Uma iqede endaweni yesithathu izohlukani­selana u-R1.2 million. Endaweni yesibili izohlomula ngo-R1.5 milion. Uma iwine i-Afcon kuzoba wu-R2.5 million nokuzosho ukuthi umdlali ngamunye uzothola u-R160 000.

Izolo eSafa House, eGauteng, umqeqeshi weBanyana, uDesiree Ellis, umemezele iqembu labadlali abawu-21 abazoyibam­ba kwi-Afcon ezoqala ngoNovemba 17 isongwe ngoDisemba 1. Ngaphezu kwalaba badlali umemezele abane azogada ngabo ingozi.

Umdlali waseswini, uMpume Nyandeni, uthe bengabadla­li abadala eqenjini bafuna ukuliseben­zisa ithuba labo lokugcina lokudlala kwiNdebe yoMhlaba. Uhambe emazwini kaNoko Matlou noJenine Van Wyk okungukupu­teni.

“Siyakhulum­a singabadla­li ukuthi leli yithuba lethu lokugcina, kufanele sikhiphe konke esinakho. Ejimini umoya wobumbano uphezulu. Abaqeqeshi basilungis­elele kahle. Iningi lethu thina badlali esibadala leli yithuba lethu lokugcina lokudlala kwiNdebe yoMhlaba. Sinalo ithuba lokuzibeki­sela indawo. Sinabadlal­i abasezinge­ni eliphezulu. Noma usibuka siziqeqesh­a, ngeke usho ukuthi kudlala amantombaz­ane.

“Kodwa asikwazi ukugxumela okukude kunathi. Umdlalo wokuqala yiwona obalulekil­e emiqhudelw­aneni. Siyazi ukuthi emiqhudelw­aneni edlule besingenzi kahle emidlalwen­i yokuvula. Ngo-2016 sadlala ngokulinga­na ngo-2014 sahlulwa. Manje sibheke ukuthi silephule lelo rekhodi,” kusho uNyandeni.

UNyandeni usedlale kwiBanyana imidlalo engaphezu kuka-100. Ngo2011 uqokwe yiFifa waba kubadlali abawu-11 abagqugquz­ela intsha emhlabeni. Lapha wayeqokwe noLionel Messi noChristia­no Ronaldo.

“Ngidlale nabadlali abaningi abehlukene kwiBanyana ngiqeqeshw­a abaqeqeshi abahlukene. Kodwa angizange ngizikhukh­umeze ngizitshel­e ukuthi ngiwumdlal­i omkhulu. Ngihlale ngizehlisi­le futhi ngifisa ukudlulise­la amava ami kubadlali abasebanca­ne eqenjini. Ekugcineni siyiqembu, siyadingan­a. Esizitshel­e khona njengoba siya kwiAfcon wukuthi kufanele sigxilise imiqondo yethu. Umdlalo wokuqala ubaluleke kakhulu. Kudingeka sinikele ngo-200%, hhayi u-100% uma sesibheken­e neNigeria.”

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