I-Afcon ibe yisibuko esiveza iqiniso ngesimo sebhola lethu

Umqeqeshi ohlonishwayo kuleli usekhiphe isexwayiso ngesimo sangempela sebhola laseNingizimu Afrika ngemuva komkhankaso oyinhlekelele weBafana Bafana kwi-Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).

Uthi i-Afcon yenze lokho abaningi abebekwesaba: ukuba yisibuko esiveza iqiniso ngebhola lethu. Futhi lokho esikubonile akukuhle neze.

Esikhundleni sokuba yizwe langempela lebhola, iNingizimu Afrika isiphenduke isizwe esibheka imiphumela.

Umehluko – kusho lo mqeqeshi ocele singamdaluli – ucashile — kodwa unomthelela omubi kakhulu.

Isizwe sebhola sitshala imali ekuthuthukiseni indlela yokudlala, inqubo, ukuthuthuka nokuba ngcono.

Izwe elibheke imiphumela kuphela sibungaza ukuwina kungakhathalekile ukuthi iqembu lidlale kanjani.

“Kuhlaluke into eyingozi ngathi: ‘Indlela odlala ngayo ayibalulekile. Uma nje unqobile’,” kusho yena.

“Nakuba lokhu kuzwakala njengenkulumo ekhomba isifiso sokuba ngompetha, kuvame ukufihla ubuhlathi obenzekayo.”

I-Afcon isivezele amaqiniso ababayo

Ukhombe imiphumela yakamuva yeNingizimu Afrika njengobufakazi balokhu akuchazayo.

“Ngesikhathi sidlala ngokulingana neZimbabwe inabadlali abangu-10 (ekleliswe endaweni ka-129), sahlula iRwanda (ekleliswe endaweni ka-131), imigubho yokungena kwiNdebe yoMhlaba yayiphezulu.

“Sibungaze umphumela, kodwa kuncane kakhulu ukubhekisisa izinga lembangi yethu noma ukuhluleka ukulawula umdlalo enkundleni,” kusho yena.

Izimpawu eziyisixwayiso, uyachaza, zazicacile kudala ngaphambi kwe-Afcon — uma kukhona owayezimisele ukubheka ngale kwemiphumela.

• Umzabalazo: Ukushikiliswa yi-Angola ekleliswe endaweni ka-89.
• Izinqa zivele obala: Ukuhlulwa yi-Egypt ekleliswe endaweni yama-35.
• Ithemba elingekho: Ukudlula kanzima kwiZimbabwe ekleliswe endaweni ka-129.

“Ngenxa yokuthi le midlalo iphethe ngokuthi sithole amaphuzu, umphakathi nosolwazi basale benelisekile,” kuqhuba yena.

“Le miphumela inikeze umuzwa ongamanga wokunethezeka — ibe yinto esivala amehlo ekutheni sibone la sishoda khona ngokobuchwepheshe namaqhinga eqenjini lethu.”

Lo mqeqeshi ukholwa ukuthi lesi sibuko esisinikwe yi-Afcon besingeke sigwemeke unomphela. 

“Sibhekene neCameroon ekleliswe endaweni ka-57, sifikile isivivinyo. IBafana yagcina iphelelwe yinhlanhla,” kuqhuba yena.

“Ukusebenza — ekugcineni — kubambe umphumela. Kulabo abahlaziya izibalo esikhundleni sokusebenzisa imizwa, lokhu kuphuma akuzange kuthuse. 

“Ukulindela ukwenza kangcono kunange-Afcon edlule bekusekelwe emizweni nezifiso, hhayi umgqigqo wamanje,” kusho yena.

Ukubheka ngale kwe-Afcon

Lo mqeqeshi uxwayisa ngokuthi ukuba yizwe elibeke imiphumela phambili kushiya iNingizimu Afrika ingakulungele ngendlela eyingozi ukungena esigabeni somhlaba.

Amaqembu ezobhekana nawo kwiNdebe yoMhlaba awaklelisiwe ngale kuka-100 njengalawo esibhekane nawo eMorocco — asezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu:

• IMexico (15)
• ISouth Korea (22)
• IDenmark (21)

“Uma iBafana idonsa kanzima kwiZimbabwe, Angola noma iRwanda, kwenzekani uma ibhekene neDenmark?

“Uma iNingizimu Afrika iqhubeka nokunganaki ukuthi iqembu lidlala kanjani, igxile kuphela kwimiphumela, sizophoxeka kakhulu kwiNdebe yoMhlaba.

“Leli goda esiligilwe yiCameroon lizobukeka liyihlaya uma sekuqhathaniswa nokuzosenza kwiNdebe yoMhlaba.”

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Sekuyisikhathi — kuphetha yena — sokuthi siyeke ukugubha ukunqoba bese silungisa indlela esidlala ngayo kube yiyo eletha imiphumela, hhayi inhlanhla.

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