UNabi uchazwa uLucas Ribeiro ‘oyiphupho lawo wonke umqeqeshi’
Umqeqeshi weKaizer Chiefs, uNasreddine Nabi, usencome isihlabani seMamelodi Sundowns uLucas Ribeiro, ethi ngumdlali ofiswa yiwo wonke umqeqeshi.
UNasreddine Nabi ugqamise izinto ezinhle ezenziwa yilo mdlali weMamelodi Sundowns nomthelela omuhle anayo kwiligi yeBetway Premiership.
Ukwenza kahle kukaLucas Ribeiro kule sizini sekumbeke phambili ekutheni aqokwe abe yiFootballer of the Season.
Uma kubhekwa abawine le ndondo esikhathini esidlule, le ndondo yePremier Soccer League (PSL) Footballer of the Season iklonyeliswe abadlali abambalwa abavelele.
Abagqamile kubo kukhona uThembinkosi Lorch (2018-19, Orlando Pirates), Percy Tau (2017-18, Mamelodi Sundowns), noLebogang Manyama (2016-17, Cape Town City).
Muva nje, ngesizini ka-2023-24, unozinti weMamelodi Sundowns, uRonwen Williams, nguye othole lo mklomelo ovelele.
Ifomu kaLucas Ribeiro namagalelo akhe sekuqubule izingxoxo mayelana namandla akhe okujoyina lolu hlu oluhlonishwayo lwabawine i-Footballer of the Season.
Ukwenza kahle kwakhe akugcini nje ngokuphakamisa impumelelo yeqembu lakhe kodwa futhi kuthuthukisa ukuncintisana nokukhanga kweligi.
Uphinde wakhombisa izinga lakhe ngempelasonto, esiza iSundowns ihlula iChiefs ngo 1-0 ngoMgqibelo.
URibeiro, ohamba phambili ngamagoli kwiligi, nguye oshaye igoli kulo mdlalo.
UNabi umncome kakhulu lo mgadli. Uthe noma yimuphi umqeqeshi angathanda ukuba nomdlali ofana noRibeiro eqenjini lakhe.
“Ungumdlali wonke umqeqeshi aphupha ngaye,” kusho uNabi kwabezindaba.
Ubebuzwe ukuthi ngabe kusesekuseni kakhulu yini ukubeka uRibeiro njengeFootballer of the Season.
“Kuhle ukuthi iligi ibe nabadlali bangaphandle abanjengaye. Kwenza iligi ikhange kakhulu kubaxhasi nakubalandeli,” kuqhuba yena.
UNabi uphinde wagqamisa ukuziphatha kukaLucas Ribeiro. Kodwa wagwema ukujoyina inkulumo-mpikiswano ngokuqokwa kwahe kulo mklomelo.
“Ngaphandle kokuba ngumdlali ovelele, ungumuntu omuhle,” kwengeza yena.
ULucas Ribeiro uvelele kule sizini. Useshaye amagoli angu-12 kwiligi. Wakhele ozakwabo amagoli ayisithupha.
