Okwenza uNcikazi ayithembe iPirates kwiChampions League
Iphini lomqeqeshi we-Orlando Pirates uMandla Ncikazi unethemba lokuthi leli qembu lizofinyelela kowamanqamu kwiCaf Champions League.
AmaBhakabhaka azobhekana neqembu lase-Egypt iPyramids emlenzeni wokuqala womdlalo owandulela owamanqamu ngoMgqibelo eFNB Stadium.
Lo mdlalo uqala ngo-6 ntambama. I-Orlando Pirates ithole indawo kulesi zigaba ngemuva kokuhlula i-MC Alger.
IPyramids yona ifike kulesi sigaba ngokukhipha iziqhwaga zaseMoroccan i-AS FAR.
UNcikazi uvumile ukuthi iPyramids izoba yimbangi enzima, kodwa usenethemba lokuthi bangawenza lo msebenzi.
“Yibo abashaye amagoli amaningi kwiChampions League okwamanje,” kuvuma uNcikazi.
“Kodwa sisekhaya, futhi sifuna ukuqhubeka nohambo lwethu olubheke kowamanqamu.”
Uqhube wathi i-Orlando Pirates izodlala umdlalo wayo ojwayelekile, ihlasele ngenhloso yokunqoba.
“Ngeke kube lula, kodwa kungenzeka. Banamandla, kodwa nathi sinjalo ngokwethu.”
Lona kuzoba umdlalo wokuqala ngqa phakathi kwePirates nePyramids emqhudelwaneni weCaf.
Nokho iPirates ike yabhekana namanye amaqembu ase-Egypt ngaphambilini okuyi-Al Ahly neZamalek.
Iqembu likaNcikazi linerekhodi eliqinile kule sizini. Yilona kuphela iqembu lisele kulo mqhudelwano elingakehlulwa nakanye kwiChampions League.
I-Orlando Pirates iphinde ibe nerekhodi elihle uma isekhaya ibhekene namaqembu ase-Egypt.
Emidlalweni eyisithupha yasekhaya kuyo yonke imiqhudelwano yeCaf, inqobe emibili, yadlala ngokulingana kwemithathu, yahlulwa kanye.
Umdlalo wokubuyela emuva uzodlalwa ngempelasonto ezayo e-30 June Stadium e-Egypt.
Ozonqoba sekuhlanganiswe yonke imidlalo uzofinyelela kowamanqamu lapho ezobhekana khona ne-Al Ahly noma iMamelodi Sundowns.
IPirates izobe inethemba lokuthi izongena kowamanqamu okokuqala kusukela ngo-2013.
Ukunqoba ngoMgqibelo kuzoyinikeza ithuba lokungena emlenzeni wesibili isisindo sesehlile.
UNcikazi uyakholelwa ekutheni iqembu linabadlali abasezingeni futhi noma muhle kakhulu.
Manje, wonke amehlo asebheke e-FNB njengoba amaBhakabhaka ehubha udumo lokunqoba isicoco seezwekazi okwesibili emlandweni wawo.
- Ibophele kanje iPirates kulo mdlalo oseFNB Stadium: Chaine – Van Rooyen, Hotto, Sibisi, Mbokazi – Mofokeng, Nkota, Maswanganyi, Mbatha, Makhaula – Mabasa.
- Ebhentshini: Buthelezi, Xoki, Mako, Shandu, Ndlozi, Ndlondlo, Dlamini, Radiopane, Makgopa.
