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UMngqithi uvuma abekusaba ngo-Arubi ophinde wamgila

Ngu-Alfred Ngubane

Lokhu kungemuva kokuthi iMarumo Gallants yehlule iqembu lakhe emdlalweni owandulela owamanqamu weCarling Knockout eThekwini ngeSonto.

“Bengifuna siwunqobe lo mdlalo emizuzwini engu-90, kodwa akwenzekanga kanjengoba bengifisa,” kusho uMngqithi.

“Ngesikhathi singena esikhathini esengeziwe, ngaubatshelile abadlali bethu ukuthi bashaye igoli ukuze singayi kumaphenathi…

“Lokho kungenxa yokuthi benginomizwa ngoWashington Arubi — wangishaya ngaphambili kumaphenathi ngesikhathi ngisekwiMamelodi Sundowns.”

Naphezu kokusebenza okuqinile namathuba abawakhe esikhathini esengeziwe, i-Arrows ayikwazanga ukuthola igoli.

Lokhu kube sekusiza Gallants ukuthi inqobe kumaphenathi la u-Arubi ekhombise khona ubungqwele bakhe.

UMngqithi uncome umzamo wabadlali bakhe kodwa wakhala ngokungabi nanhlanhla yegoli. 

“Sidlale kahle kakhulu, kodwa asikwazanga ukushaya amagoli,” kuqhuba lo mqeqeshi oseyivuselele ngabadlali abasebancane i-Arrows.

Lo mphumela uqede ithemba leKwaZulu-Natal lokumeleleka kowamanqamu – wonke amaqembu esifundazwe asekhishiwe kulo mqhudelwano.

Khonamanjalo, umqeqeshi weMarumo Gallants u-Alexandre Lafitte uncome ukulungiselela nokukholelwa kwabo ku-Arubi njengokhiye wokunqoba.

“Bengizethemba ngonozinti wethu, uWashington Arubi, ukuthi uma sifinyelela kumaphenathi, uzowavimba – eyodwa noma amabili. Futhi wenze lokho kanye,” kusho uLafitte.

Lo mqeqeshi osemncane usesondele ekuqopheni umlando njengoba esefake leli qembu kowamanqamu ngesizini yakhe yokuqala. 

IGallants izobhekana ne-Orlando Pirates kowamanqamu weCarling Knockout ngoDisemba 6 ePeter Mokaba Stadium ePolokwane.