Abaqeqeshi beziMpofana bathi izigwaze ngowayo iCasablanca
neWydad Casablanca yaseMorocco ngo-0-0 ngoMgqibelo kusihlwa eGoli. IChiefs inqobe ngo-1-0 uma sekuhlanganiswa yomibili imiphumela yemilenze.
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PHILANI NCALANE
UJABULELE ukweyiwa yiWy-dad Casablanca yaseMorocco u-Arthur “10111” Zwane oyisekela lomqeqeshi weKaizer Chiefs engene okokuqala ngqa emlandweni kowamanqamu weCaf Champions League.
IziMpofana zibambane neWydad ngo-0-0 emlenzeni wesibili we-semi final yalo mqhudelwano ngoMgqibelo kusihlwa eFNB Stadium, eGauteng. IChiefs idlulele kowamanqamu ngemuva kokunqoba ngo-1-0 wegoli likaSamir Nurkovic ekuhambeni ngeledlule.
UZwane uthi iWydad ikhombise ukubedelela ngokubophela isikimu esizacile emlenzeni wokuqala.
“Izinto zabo zonakale ngokusibukela phansi emlenzeni wokuqala. Ukubahlulela ekhaya ku-bethusile. Emlenzeni wesibili badlalise isiki-mu esiqinile, kodwa zabaphika kunjalo izinto. Ngicabanga ukuthi bafundile ukuthi ebholeni kayikho ikilabhu okumele uyithathe kancane. Ngibongela kakhulu abadlali bethu. Bekuvele kuyisifiso sethu ukungena kowamanqamu we-Caf,” kusho uZwane obedlala kuyona iChiefs ngaphambi kokungena ezinhlakeni ezincane njengomqeqeshi.
IChiefs izobhekana ne-Al Ahly yase-Egypt kowamanqamu ozokuba ngoMgqibelo womhla ka-17 kuNtulikazi (July) eMorocco. Lo mdlalo ngeke ube yimilenze emibili njengoba kujwa-yeleke kanjalo.
I-Al Ahly iguqise i-Esperance yaseTunisia ngo-4-0 sekuhlanganiswe imilenze emibili yama-semi final.
Kuzokube kungokokuqala ukuthi uPitso “Jingles” Mosimane ongumqeqeshi we-Al Ahly abhekane nekilabhu yakuleli kowamanqamu selokhu eshiye iMamelodi Sundowns ngesizini edlule. Lo mqeqeshi nguyena oqhube ezakhe ziwashisa iSundowns ijezi kulo mqhudelwano. Nguyena uPitso onqobise iDowns lo mqhude-lwano ngo-2016 okwenze yaya kwiFifa Club World Cup eJapan.
Umdlalo wamanqamu ubhekwe ngabomvu ngoba bayazana indlela abadlalisa ngayo uPitso noStuart Baxter ongumqeqeshi omusha we-Chiefs. UBaxter uyahlonishwa ngokukwazi ukuhlelela imidlalo enzima, ayinqobe. Nokho ubuye ashaywe kule okusuke kubhekwe ukuba ayinqobe kalula.
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