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UZidane uphawula ngokungqimuza uMaterazzi we-Italy

Umqeqeshi omusha weFrance, u-Zinedine Zidane, uthi akazisoli ngesigameko esidumile sokungqimuza u-Marco Materazzi ngekhanda kowamanqamu weNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2006.

UZidane ukhulume ngalesi sigameko ngaphambi komdlalo wakhe wokuqala ekhaya njengomqeqeshi weFrance.

Kulo mdlalo iLes Bleus izobhekana ne-Italy eStade de France ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku.

“Lezo zithombe zizohlale zikhona ukuze zingikhumbuze ngokwenzeka ngo-2006, ngoba zihlale zikhonjiswa,” kusho uZidane emamatheka.

Lo mqeqeshi oneminyaka engu-54 ubudala wakhishwa ngekhadi elibomvu ngesikhathi esengeziwe kowamanqamu owawuseBerlin.

Lowo mdlalo wagcina unqotshwa yi-Italy sekukhahlelwa amaphenathi. Kwakuwumdlalo wakhe wokugcina njengomdlali.

“Ngenhlanhla akusikhona lokho kuphela engakwenza,” kwengeza le ngwazi. 

“Kukhona nezinye izinto ezinhle, ngakho ngizama ukucabanga kakhulu ngezinto ezinhle.”

U-Zinedane Zidane uthe akakaze aphinde akhulume no-Marco Materazzi kusukela ngalobo busuku.

“Angizisoli ngoba kwakuyingxenye yomsebenzi wami,” kuqhuba lo mqeqeshi oseke wacija neReal Madrid. 

“Angiziqhenyi ngokwenzeka, sengikushilo lokho kaningi, kodwa kuyingxenye yomsebenzi wami — awukwazi ukwenza izinto ezinhle kuphela.”

UZidane uqokwe njengomqeqeshi weFrance ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi, ethatha izintambo kuDidier Deschamps.

Emidlalweni yakhe emibili yokuqala, iFrance inqobe ngo-1-0 ibhekene neTurkey neBelgium.

Umdlalo ne-Italy uzoba owokuqala kaZidane ekhaya, phambi kwabalandeli abacishe babe ngu-80 000.

“Kuzoba nemizwa eminingi kakhulu ngalo mdlalo,” kusho u-Zinedane Zidane, okusobala ecananga ngalesi sigameko no-Marco Materazzi.

IFrance izobe ingenaye ukaputeni uKylian Mbappe, obuyele kwiReal Madrid ngemuva kokulimala edolweni ngesikhathi eshaya igoli lokunqoba koweTurkey.