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U-Hugo Broos ukwamukele ukufika ekhempini kwabadlali beMamelodi Sundowns eqenjini leBafana Bafana, kungakapheli ngisho usuku bebuyile emdlalweni weCaf Champions League eSudan.
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UBroos ubeneyakhe ukugijima neSundowns phambiliniikakhulukazi ngo-Okthoba 2021 lapho egxeka izikhondlakhondla zaseTshwane ngokuthumela uThabiso Kutumela ukuthi ayohlolwa i-Covid-19 ngosuku okwakufanele ajoyine ngalo iqembu leBafana.
Njengoba iBafana ilungiselela kuleli sonto imidlalo emibili emikhulu yokuhlungela i-Africa Cup of Nations ka-2023 lapho izobhekana khona neLibera, e-Orlando Stadium ngoLwesihlanu naseMonrovia ngoMashi 28, uBroos ukhululeke ngokusobala ngokuthi uMasandawana eze emcimbini wokuthola abadlali bawo ekhempini ngoMsombuluko ekuseni.
ISundowns inabadlali abayisishiyagalombili abaseqenjini lokuqala eqenjini leBafana – ukaputeni weqembu lesizwe uRonwen Williams, Thapelo Morena, Grant Kekana, Mothobi Mvala, Aubrey Modiba, Teboho Mokoena, Themba Zwane noCassius Mailula.
UBroos usebalule ngokungabibikho kwesikhathi sokuzilungiselela iqembu lakhe ngaphambi kwemidlalo emibili lapho iBafana idinga amaphuzu ayisithupha kuyo ukuze iqinisekise indawo yayo kumqhudelwano. I-Afcon kowamanqamu e-Ivory Coast – owamanqamu uzokuba ngoJanuwari 2024.
“Abadlali beSundowns babuye izolo ohambeni lwabo lokuya eSudan kanti singabamukela namuhla (ngoMsombuluko) ngaphambi kokudla kwasekuseni. Ngijabule kakhulu ngalokho, kukhombisa ukuthi bayathanda ukuza eqenjini lesizwe futhi banomoya osezingeni eliphezulu,” kusho uBroos esithangamini nabezindaba eFNB Stadium.
“Phambilini bekuhluke kancane kodwa sikujabulele ukubabona nokuthi bakwazile ukudla isidlo sasekuseni neqembu.”
NgoMsombuluko womabili ngaphandle kwamathathu abesekhempini kanti uMihlali Mayambela, uBongokuhle Hlongwane noSphephelo Sithole bazobe bethulele kuleli ngoLwesibili.
UNjabulo Blom odabuka e-United States ulimele kanti indawo yakhe isithathwe ngumdlali we-Orlando Pirates uMiguel Timm.
I-Liberia ivuselelwe kabusha?
I-Liberia ilahlekelwe umdlalo wayo wokuqala wokuhlungela i-Africa Cup of Nations ibhekene neMorocco, obekuwumdlalo ‘wasekhaya’ weLiberia kodwa owadlalelwa eMorocco, njengoba inkundla yabo eseMonrovia ingazange ithathwe njengesezingeni yiConfederation of African Football.
Isizwe saseNtshonalanga Afrika selokhu salulungisa lolu daba futhi sizodlala neBafana phambi kwabalandeli balo basekhaya.
“Kunemidlalo emibili enzima esilindele,” kwengeza uBroos.
“Imizamo iLiberia eyenze ezinyangeni ezedlule ikhombisa isifiso sayo. Sebelungise inkundla ehambisana nemithetho yeFifa. Laba badlali abadabuka kwamanye amazwe nabo bafuna ukuphinde badlalele iqembu labo okuyinto ebingenzeki phambilini.
“Kanti kunamahlebezi okuthi bazothola intuba yebhonasi uma behlungela ukuya ku-Afcon. Bazogqugquzeleka ngakho-ke okwethu ukuthi singababukeli phansi.
“Sineqophelo eliphezulu kunabo, lokho akusona isiqinisekiso sokuthi sizowina kodwa kuyinzuzo esinayo. Siyazethemba, sibe nemidlalo emine emihle (yobungani) ngoSepthemba nangoNovemba.”
