USamkelo Zwane noPotsane banethemba elikhulu ngeChiefs
Umdlali wasesiswini weKaizer Chiefs, uSamkelo Zwane, uthi bayazethemba ngaphambi komdlalo omkhulu owandulela owamanqamu.
Amakhosi azobhekana neMamelodi Sundowns ngeSonto ntambama eLoftus Versfeld Stadium.
Lo mdlalo owandulela owamanqamu kwiNedbank Cup uqala ngo-6 ntambama.
USamkelo Zwane ukholwa ukuthi iqembu selikulungele ukujula ukuze lithole iwini enkulu lingekho ekhaya.
“Sizizwa sinethemba ngamathuba ethu,” kusho lo mdlali osemncane. “Ngeke kube lula, kodwa siyazethemba ukuthi singawenzakwenzeke umsebenzi.”
IChiefs isendaweni yesishiyagalombili kwiligi futhi idinga le ndebe ukuze inikeze abalandeli bayo into abangaziduduza ngayo kule sizini.
Umqeqeshi uNasreddine Nabi ubheke indebe yakhe yokuqala ngesizini yakhe yokuqala naleli qembu laseNatura.
USamkelo Zwane uthi bafuna ukuqeda isizini ngamandla, kanti ukwenza kahle kwiNedbank Cup kungaba yimpumelelo enhle kwiKaizer Chiefs.
“Kubalulekile ukuthi siqede isizini ngegiya eliphezulu. Sizowafaka wonke amandla ukuze senze abalandeli baziqhenye,” kusho uZwane.
ISundowns iya kulo mdlalo ihambela phezulu kulandela ukwenza kahle kwiCaf Champions League.
Ibabambe ngo 0-0 ne-Esperance eTunisia ukuze izibekisele indawo kweyandulela owamanqamu.
Naphezu kwemidlalo ethothelene, amaBrazilians aphezulu esicongweni kwiligi.
Kodwa iChiefs igqugquzelekile ukuthi imoshe izinto zeSundowns, iyofakele ingcindezi.
Umdlali wasesiswini weChiefs, uTeboho Potsane, naye unanele amazwi kaZwane. “Ukudlala umqhudelwani kusigqugquzele kakhulu,” kusho uPotsane.
“Ukufinyelela kowamanqamu kungaba yisinyathelo esikhulu.
“Sifuna ukukhunjulwa njengesizukulwane esiqede indlala yezindebe.”
INedbank Cup inika iChiefs ithuba lokuhlenga isizini yayo, kube nokuthile eqeda nakho.
Ukunqoba ngeSonto kungayisondeza ekutheni iqede leli hlazo lendlala yezindebe.
ISundowns, nokho, isalokhu iyizintandokazi ukunqoba lo mdlalo. Kodwa ifomu ivame ukungasebenzi emidlalweni yezindebe.
Umdlalo uthembisa ukushuba. Iqembu elilodwa lizoqhubekela phambili. Elinye lizosala lizisola.
