Eyokuqala yeMTN8 ingahle idle ngamagoli
UMA kungaya ngenkulumo yenjini yeKaizer Chiefs uWillard Katsande ayikhulume ngeledlule emva komdlalo wabo neMaritzburg United, kusho ukuthi maningi amagoli esingawalindela emdlalweni wamasemi-fi nal omlenze wokuqala weMTN 8. NgeSonto iChiefs izotholana phezulu neSupersport United enkundleni iLucas Moripe, ePitoli ngehora lesithathu ntambama. Enkulumweni yakhe uKatsande oteketiswa ngoSalt & Vinegar noma Usigwinyakonke uveze ukuthi kule sizini banayo yonke inhlobo yomdlali kodwa kumele balungise amaphutha abawenza bephambi kwamapali ezitha. “Kusukela iqalile isizini sidlala kahle engibona kumele silungise khona yiphambili. Siyawakhanda amathuba kodwa singawasebenzisi. Ngicabanga ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi silungise bese siyaqala siqhufuza kwasani okuphambi kwethu, okuyikhona esikufi sayo kule sizini ukuthi sibuyise isithunzi njengoba sekuphele amasizini amathathu singakaze sifake lutho ekhabetheni,” kusho uKatsande. IChiefs igcine ukunqoba lo mqhudelwano ngowezi-2014, emdlalweni owawubanjelwe eMoses Mabhida iguqisa izimbangi zayo ezinkulu okowomkhaya wayo i-Orlando Pirates ngegoli elilodwa eqandeni elangqofelwa phakathi uTefu Mashamaite.
Imiphumela yeChiefs kuligi ye-Absa Premiership iyayifakazela inkulumo kaKatsande, emidlalweni emine inamaphuzu amathathu isadlale ngokulingana kwemithathu yahlulwa kowodwa. Kuyona yonke le midlalo isuke iphungwa ngezithebe emapalini ezitha kodwa igcine ngokunganqobi. ISupersport United ngaphambi kokuthi ifi ke kulesigaba samasemi-fi nal iguqise iPirates ngamagoli amane kwamathathu sekukhahlelwa amaphenathi, emdlalweni owaphela zibambene ngamagoli amabili nhlangothi zombili. IChiefs yona yazigwazela ibhece ibhaxabula iFree State Stars ngamagoli amathathu eqandeni. EzikaKaitano Tembo (iSupersport) izona ezivikela lo mqhudelwano, zahlula iCape Town City ngamagoli amane kwamabili emdlalweni owaphela zibambene ngegoli elilodwa nhlangothi zombili.
Ngaphambi kokuthi inqobe lo mqhudelwano yaqala yahlula yona iChiefs kumaquarter- fi nals, ngegoli elilodwa eqandeni elavalelwa phakathi uJeremy Brockie oseyibamba kuMamelodi Sundowns. Emidlalweni eyisi-6 Amakhosi akaze ayihlule iSupersport, ezikaTembo zisanqobe emithathu badlala ngokulingana kwemithathu. “Siyabazi ubungozi beSupersport emdlalweni womkhumulajezi, yingakho amathuba kumele nakanjani siwasebenzise masiwathola. Isikakhathi sokuziphindiselela njengoba basikhipha kulo mqhudelwano ngesizini edlule, okwaba kuhlungu ukuthi ibona abawunqoba lokho kusho ukuthi masingahlula bona nathi kusho ukuthi ithina esizonqoba lesicoco kule sizini,” kubeka uKatsande. Amakhosi azobeka amathemba awo kuKhama Billiat, uSiphelele Ntshangase, uKabelo Mahlasela, uDumisani Zuma noLeornado Castro. Okujabulisa abalandeli beChiefs ukubuya kukaGeorge Maluleka obelimele okungenzeka abonakale enkundleni.
Ohlangothini lweSupersport izothembela ku-Evans Rukise ongalibheki ipali, uDean Furman, uThuso Phala noLetsholonyane. Omunye umdlalo wamasemi- fi nal obhekwe ngabomvu ophakathi kweCape Town City neMamelodi Sundowns, ozobanjelwa eCape Town Stadium ngelesi-3 ntambama kusasa ngoMgqibelo. ICity iguqise iMaritzburg United ngegoli elilodwa eqandeni, iSundowns yona yahlula iLamontville Golden Arrows ngamabili eqandeni. Imilenze yesibili yalo mqhudelwano izokuba ngempelasonto ezayo.
