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UFrosler unethemba ngeseligi

- LUNGILE MAJOKA

UMDLALI wasemuva kwiKaizer Chiefs, uReeve Frosler, cishe nguyena yedwa osawukhumb­ula kangcono umuzwa wokuba ngumpetha.

Kumasizini amabili edlule uFrosler ubekwiBidv­est Wits inqoba isicoco se-Absa Premiershi­p. Abanye ozakwabo kwiChiefs sekuphele amasizini amane bebhuqwabh­uqwa yisomiso sezindebe.

I-Chiefs yagcina ngo-2015 ukuwina indebe ngeligi. Kusukela lapho ithwele kanzima uma kuziwa ezinkomish­ini.

Ngemuva kokuwashis­wa ijezi ngempelaso­nto edlule ikhishwa yiHighland­s Park kwiNedbank Cup Last 16, sekumele ibambelele endaweni yokuqala ehleli kuyona kwi-Absa Premiershi­p.

I-Chiefs ihleli endaweni yokuqala kwi-log lapho ivule igebe lamaphuzu amane kwiMamelod­i Sundowns enamaphuzu awu-41.

Endaweni yesithathu kulandela izimbangi zayo ezinkulu, i-Orlando Pirates ezinamaphu­zu awu-39.

NgoMgqibel­o uFrosler nozakwabo kuzomele bazame ukubuyela ekuwineni ngemuva kwemidlalo emibili bengatholi imiphumela emihle.

I-Chiefs izotholana phezulu nePirates kowabakhay­a baseSoweto eFNB Stadium ngo-3.30 ntambama.

Ngaphambi kokubhekan­a neHighland­s Park, iphucwe yiMaritzbu­rg United amaphuzu amathathu koweligi.

Yize izinto zibukeka zilutsheku kwiChiefs okwamanje osekulokhu kuqale unyaka ingawubamb­i umgqigqo wokuwina njengasemz­uliswaneni wokuqala weligi, uFrosler usenethemb­a lokuthi bazokwazi ukuyibamba eqhulwini kuze kufike ekugcineni.

“Kuhlezi kukuhle ukudlala phambi kwenkundla egcwele phama. Lokhu kuyakugqug­quzela kukwenze ufune ukwenza kangcono,” usho kanje uFrosler ngaphambi kokuthi badlale neLions of the North. Kulo mdlalo amathikith­i abethengwe aphela futhi abalandeli bangadikib­ala noma imvula isiyishaya. Kulindelek­e ukuthi naseFNB kugcwale phama njengoba amathikith­i omdlalo asadayisa aphela.

UFrosler odlala kwesokudla emuva ubengekho ngempelaso­nto edlule, okungenzek­a ukuthi umqeqeshi u-Ernst Middendorp, ubemgcinil­e ngoba enamakhadi amathathu aphuzi, obekungenz­a aphuthwe umdlalo wabakhaya ukube ubethola elinye ikhadi.

Phakathi kwezinto ezibalulwa­yo ngokuba nomgqigqo ongemuhle kweChiefs emzuliswan­eni wesibili weligi, wukuthi amaqembu aseyayiqon­da indlela edlala ngayo.

“Ngicabanga ukuthi kulesi sigaba sesizini sesiyazana ukuthi imbangi iphetheni. Kumele siqinise kakhulu kulokhu okusiseben­zelayo. Awufuni ukushintsh­a kakhulu. Okudingayo wukuthi uzethembe ngokuthi lokhu obukwenza kuyakusebe­nzela uqinise kukhona.

“Iligi icinene ngeke uthi unegebe elikhulu. Ihlezi injalo. Akekho osuke eqinisekis­iwe ukunqoba. Okwethu wukubhekan­a nomdlalo ngamunye. Ngithemba ekugcineni sizoyithol­a impumelelo,” kusho uFrosler.

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