UTshegofatso Mabasa uphawula ngokugajwa kwiBafana
Umgadli we-Orlando Pirates, uTshegofatso Mabasa, usephawulile ngokusala kwakhe eqenjini leBafana Bafana eliqokwe uHugo Broos ngoLwesine.
Lo mgadli ubeyingxenye yeqembu lokuqala labadlali abangu-37 kodwa akazange akhethwe esikwatini sabangu-23 bokugcina.
IBafana Bafana izobhekana neLesotho ePeter Mokaba Stadium ngoMashi 21 ngaphambi kokuya e-Ivory Coast la iyobhekana khona neBenin ngoMashi 25.
Iqembu lizohlangana ekhempini yokuzilolonga eGoli ngoMashi 17 ngaphambi kokulibangisa ePolokwane.
UTshegofatso Mabasa uzwe ngokusala kwakhe kweleBafana Bafana ngesikhathi ekhuluma nabezindaba eRand Stadium ngemuva kokuqeqesha nePirates.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-28 ubudala usefomini enhle kule sizini, kanti useshaye amagoli angu-13 emidlalweni engu-34.
Lokhu kumbeka emagolini angu-44 kwiPSL okumenza abe phakathi kwabashayi magoli abahamba phambili emlandweni wePirates.
Uyasondela ekuficeni irekhodi elabekwa uBenedict “Tso” Vilakazi lamagoli angu-58.
Naphezu kwalokhu kuphumelela kwakhe, uBroos ukhethe u-Iqraam Rayners, uLyle Foster, noPercy Tau njengabagadli bakhe kule midlalo ezayo.
UTshegofatso Mabasa nokho akakuthathi kabi lokhu kuzitshwa kwakhe kwiBafana Bafana, futhi usazimisele ukungena kuyo.
“Ngizoqhubeka nokungqongqoza emnyango weBafana… yilokho nje engizokwenza,” kusho yena.
“Yisinqumo sakhe (uBroos) ekupheleni kosuku. Engingakwenza mina ukuqhubeka nokuphusha njengomdlali.”
Wengeze wathi: “Ngibonga ukuthi ngisalidlala ibhola. Abazali bami bangikhulise ngendlela efanele.
“Bangenze ngakholelwa ekusebenzeni ngokuzikhandla, futhi yilokho engizoqhubeka nokukwenza.”
Phezu kwalokhu kuphazamiseka, uMabasa usagxile emdlalweni wakhe, uhlose ukuzibonakalisa ukuthi naye ufanelwe yithuba leBafana.
