EzintshaOrlando Pirates

UThalente Mbatha uveza okubhekwe yi-Orlando Pirates kwiligi

Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-25 ubudala ugcizelela ukuthi amaBhakabhaka asekulungele ukuqhubeka lapho egcine khona ngaphambi kwekhefu le-Afcon.

IPirates ibuyela enkundleni ngoMgqibelo ngo-3.30 ntambama. Izobhekana neSekhukhune United ePeter Mokaba Stadium.

UThalente Mbatha uthi ngeke bawehlise umfutho. Ngaphambi kwekhefu, i-Orlando Pirates ibisesimweni esihle.

Iwine imidlalo eyisishiyagalolunye kweyishumi yokugcina yeligi yadlala ngokulingana kowodwa.

“Sikholwa wukuthi sizoqhubeka lapho sigcine khona ngaphambi kwekhefu,” kusho uMbatha odlala esiswini. 

“Sifuna ukuqhubeka nokuwina. Sahlulwa emdlalweni wethu wokuqala sibhekene neSekhukhune kanti kulokhu kumele senze kangcono. Sidinga amaphuzu aphelele.”

Ukaputeni wePirates uNkosinathi Sibisi ukuqinisekisile ukuthi lezi ziqhwaga zaseSoweto zizonyusa izinga, waveza ukuthi isikwati sonke sikulungele ukudlala. 

“Wonke umuntu wabuya esesimweni esihle. Umqeqeshi uneqembu eligcwele angakhetha kulo, okuyinto enhle kithina njengoba siya emzuliswaneni wesibili,” kusho uSibisi.

AmaBhakabhaka aqinise isikwati sawo ngokufika kuka-Andre de Jong osuka kwiStellenbosch FC, ehambisana noMpho Chabatsane noDaniel Msendami abasuka kwiMarumo Gallants.

Umgadli uTshegofatso Mabasa ubolekiswe kwiStellenbosch kuze kuphele sizini futhi ubingelele ngegoli ngoLwesibili.

IPirates iya kulo mdlalo wayo neSekhukhune inengcindezi njengoba kungeke kusalunga ukuthi igeje amaphuzu.

Phela seyibuyele endaweni yesibili ngemuva kokuthi iMamelodi Sundowns igingqe i-Orbit College ukuze inyukele phezulu. 

ISekhukhune izobe inenxeba njengoba ishaywe yiStellies ngoLwesibili, okuyinto eyehlisele endaweni yesine kwilogi.