Luhlabane ngobedlala e-Europe, kanti noJustin Shonga ujima nalo
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UVELA ukuthi AmaZulu FC aphuce iqatha emlonyeni iKaizer Chiefs ehlabana ngoTercious Malepe (24) obegaqelwe yiziMpofana.
ILANGA lithole ngomthombo walo oncikene kakhulu noSuthu ukuthi uMalepe ungomunye wa-badlali abasha abazothulwa yile kilabhu esigcawini nabezindaba esihlelelwe ukuba namuhla ngo-Lwesine emini eThekwini.
Lesi sitobha besiyingxenye ye-qembu lakuleli lika-U/23 ebelimele izwe kuma-Olympic Games abe-ngo-2016 eRio, eBrazil. UMalepe unanesipiliyoni sokugijima phesheya kwezilwandle njengoba ephuma kwiMynai FC yase-Ukraine.
Abanye abadlali okulindeleke ukuba bethulwe noMalepe ngu-Philani Zulu oyisitobha osuka kwiChiefs ethathe uSibusiso Mabiliso oSuthwini, uKeagan Buchanan noMxolisi Kunene abaphuma kwiMaritzburg United.
Omunye umdlali ojima noSuthu nguJustin Shonga waseZambia obekwiCape Town City ayijoyine emuva kokuchithwa yi-Orlando Pirates.
Uma egcine ngokwethulwa no-Shonga, uzohlangana nomkhaya wakhe u-Augustin Mulenga abebe-yibambe naye kwiBucs.
Laba badlali kulindeleke ukuba baqinise isikwati soSuthu njengoba lulungiselela ukumela iNingi-zimu Afrika kwiCaf Champions League.
Omunye umdlali phambilini obekuvele ukuthi uxoxa noSuthu, nguWillard “Salt & Vinegar” Katsande ogcine esayiniswe yi-Sekhukhune United inkontileka yonyaka emuva kokuba imnike imali elingana nabeyithola kwi-Chiefs okuvele ukuthi beyifuna ukumnika isikhundla sokuba ngusomaqhinga kodwa wasenqaba ngoba esazimisele ngokudlala ibhola.
USuthu kulindeleke ukuba luphinde lwethule ijezi elisha namuhla kanjalo nabaxhasi abasha. ILANGA lithole ukuthi aba-xhasi boSuthu bazokuba wu-11 sebebonke uma sekwethulwe nabasha.
Leli phephandaba lithinta uPhumlani Dube wezokuxhumana oSuthwini ngalolu daba, uqinise-kise indaba yesigcawu sanamuhla kodwa wala waphetha ukuqinise-kisa indaba yabadlali ezeseka ngokuthi ngeke sisaba khona isidingo sokumemezela uma konke seku-semphakathini.
Uthe leli phephandaba kumele lihambele lo mcimbi ukuzozico-shela okuzokwenzeka. Uqinisekise nokuthi kuzoklonyeliswa nabadlali ngokwenza kahle ngesizini edlule.
