UWilliams ocelele uMofokeng ithuba lokudlala kwiBafana
– Sibongiseni Gumbi
Umqeqeshi weBafana Bafana, uHugo Broos useveze ukuthi kube ngukaputeni, uRonwen Williams ocelele uRelebohile Mofokeng ithuba lokudlala ngoLwesibili ebusuku.
URelebohile Mofokeng ungene ngasekupheleni kwesiwombe sesibili salo mdlalo obuseMangaung Stadium, eBloemfontein.
IBafana Bafana ibukise ngeZimbabwe, iyibhula ngo 3-1 ukuze iqhwakele kuGroup C wemidlalo yokuhlungela iNdebe yoMhlaba.
URelebohile Mofokeng, oneminyaka engu-19, beqokwe okokuqala kwiBafana ngemuva kokudlala kahle kwi-Orlando Pirates kule sizini.
“URonwen uze kimi wathi, ‘mqeqeshi, ucabangani? Kunganjani kule mizuzuyokugcina ufake uRele (uMofokeng)?’.
“Mina ngibe sengithi, ‘kulungile, wumbono omuhle lowo’. Yingakho ke uRele egcine engenile,” kusho uBroos kwabezindaba.
“Lokho kumbisa isimo esikhona eqenjini. Njengoba ngake ngasho phambilini, laba sineqembu labangani abangu-23.
“Ababona abantu abasebenza ndawonye, bangabangani. Futhi uma kukhona abangakwenzela omunye, bayakwenza.
“URonwen ukwenzile esikhathini esingangonyaka esedlule ngoVeli (Mothwa), waphuma kusele imizuzu emihlanu kuphele umdlalo ukuze kungene uVeli.
“Namuhla, ufikile wathi kimi angifake uRele, ngavuma. Lokho kukhomba umoya wokuzwana okhona eqenjini.
“Kukhomba nendlela abasebenzisana ngayo, nobungani obukhona eqenjini,” kusho uBroos.
“Lokho kubaluleke kakhulu ngoba uyazi ukuthi kudlala abangu-11 kuphela, abangu-12 babe sebhentshini kodwa nabo babaluleke ngokufanayo.
OLUNYE UDABA: UMakaab uthi kunabadlali bakhe ‘abambalwa’ abaya kwiPirates
“Isibonelo salokho wukuthi uThapelo Morena uqale ebentshini, wangena ngesiwombe sesibili wasisiza ukunqoba lo mdlalo.”