Onyango: Kumele siqale ngeseligi, iChamps League izolandela
Unozinti weMamelodi Sundowns, uDenis Onyango, uthi iqembu kumele liqale linqobe isicoco seBetway Premiership ngaphambi kokugxila kowamanqamu weCaf Champions League.
ISundowns ihlose ukuthola isicoco seligi sesishiyagalombili kulandelana, kanti u-Onyango ufuna basheshe baqede ngaso.
Njengamanje iyona ehamba phambili ngamaphuzu ayisishiyagalolunye ngaphambi kwe-Orlando Pirates, esenemidlalo emibili esandleni.
NgoLwesithathu ebusuku, iSundowns izokwamukela iRichards Bay emdlalweni wokuqala kweyisithupha esele yeligi.
“Sibhekana nomdlalo ngamunye ngokulandelana kwayo,” kusho u-Onyango. “Njengamanje, sigxile kweyeligi.
“Kufanele siyiphakamise leyo ndebe. IChampions League izolandela ngemuva.”
Leli qembu liphuma emdlalweni onzima owandulela owamanqamu weChampions League eCairo la belibheke khona ne-Al Ahly. Umdlalo uphele ngo 1-1.
Kodwa umthetho wamagoli asekuhambeni uthumele iSundowns kowamanqamu lapho izobhekana khona nePydamids FC.
Umqeqeshi uMiguel Cardoso uzwakalise ukuphatheka kabi ngohlelo lokusondelana kwemidlalo.
Uthi ukudlala masinyane ngemuva nje kokubuya e-Egypt akulungile.
“Kuzoba umdlalo onzima,” kusho uCardoso. “IRichards Bay ilwela ukuvika izembe.
“Iyiqembu eligijima kanzima, kodwa kufanele sihlale sibukhali futhi sithole amaphuzu.”
IRichards Bay, ngaphansi komqeqeshi uPapi Zothwane, ilwela ukuvika izembe.
Iqhele ngamaphuzu amathathu kuphela kwiCape Town City neSuperSport United abasendaweni eyingozi.
Naphezu komshikashika wayo, iRichards Bay ikhombise ukuthuthuka.
Inqobe imidlalo emihlanu kweyishumi edlule, yahlulwa kwemithathu kuphela yabe seyidlala ngokulingana kwemibili.
Ukuwina kwayo kwakamuva kwenzeke ngo-Ephreli 18, ngesikhathi uThulani Gumede eshaya igoli behlula iCape Town City ngo 1-0.
Njengoba kubonakala inkazimulo yeChampions League iseduze, iMameloddi Sundowns iyazi ukuthi kumele iqale iqede ngesicoco sasekhaya.
Umdlalo ngamunye usungowamanqamu, njengoba iqembu liphushela umlando wezindebe ezimbili.
