Okufiswa u-Appollis ngeBafana ebheke kwiNdebe yoMhlaba
Isihlabani seBafana Bafana u-Oswin Appollis akakwazanga ukufihla injabulo yakhe ngemuva kokuba sekhaleni lempi yeNingizimu Afrika inqoba ngo 3-0 ihlula iRwanda eMbombela Stadium.
Lokhu kunqoba kwangoLwesibili ebusuku kufake iBafana Bafana kwiNdebe yoMhlaba okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amabili.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-24 ubudala nguye obe yisihlabani sosuku, eshaya igoli, ephinde akha amanye amabili futhi waqokwa njengoMdlali oVelele.
“Sekwenzekile,” kusho u-Appollis ngokuziqhenya ngemuva komdlalo. “Asincome iqembu lilonke ngokulwela ukuthola amaphuzu amathathu. Besizethemba futhi saphusha.”
IBafana ingene kulo mdlalo ingaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu kulandela ukuphucwa amaphuzu amathathu nokudlala ngokulingana ngo 0-0 neZimbabwe.
Kodwa abafana bakaHugo Broos bakwazile ukusukuma baziveze ukuthi sebeyiqembu elihlangene futhi eliqinile kulo mdlalo wangoLwesibili.
“Kimina njengomdlali, ngifuna ukuqhubeka nokuthuthuka,” kwengeza u-Appollis.
“Ngethemba ukuthi ngizoqhubeka nokuba yingxenye yaleli qembu njengoba siya kwiNdebe yoMhlaba. Inkolelo nokulwa kuleli qembu kuyamangalisa.”
Uphinde wazwakalisa ukubonga kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika ngokubeseka kwabo okungaguquki.
“Siyabonga kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika ngokuseseka. Buka manje sesibheke eNdebeni yoMhlaba!”
WINA | Ithuba lokuwina neVicks neLisenethini
Bekungokokuqala iNingizimu ingena kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ingebona osokhaya kusukela ngo-2002.
Ngenxa yekhono nokuzimisela kwabadlali abafana no-Appollis, iBafana Bafana izibuyele ezingeni lomhlaba — futhi ilungele ukukhombisa umhlaba ukuthi ibhola laseMzansi.
FUNDA NALA | UBroos uthembisa lukhulu ngeBafana
Kodwa ngaphambi kwalokho, ineCaf Africa Cup of Nations ngoDisemba lapho kulindeleke ukuthi yenze kahle khona ngemuva kokuphuma isithathu kwedlule.
