UThembinkosi Lorch uzilungiselela ukungqubuzana ne-Orlando Pirates

Umgadli ohlonishwayo uThembinkosi Lorch uselungiselela ukuhlangana neqembu lakhe elidala i-Orlando Pirates emdlalweni weligi kulempelasonto njengoba izobe ibhekene neMamelodi Sundowns. U-Lorch, odume ngelika-“Nyoso,” usanda kuqeda ukushintshela kuSundowns ngosuku lomnqamulajuqu lukaJanuwari, nokube ngumdlalo wesine kuleli qembu esayinisa iwindi.

Umdlalo ozokuba phakathi kwalezi zimbangi ezimbili zaseGauteng uzokuba ngoMgqibelo womhla zili-17 kuNhlolanja (February) eLoftus Versfeld Stadium ngo-20:00. Ecabanga ngomdlalo owawuza, u-Lorch uvume inselelo yokubhekana neqembu lakhe langaphambili, lapho ajabulele khona isikhathi esibalulekile seminyaka eyisishiyagalombili.

Uzwakalise ukuthanda kwakhe izinkunzi zaseSoweto, wavuma, “Kunzima ukudlala umdlalo wami wokuqala, ikakhulukazi neqembu lami lakudala, kodwa empilweni, kumele siqhubekele phambili.” Lo mgadli onekhono, nakuba enethemba lokuthi uzoyibamba kuSundowns, ukubonile ukubaluleka komdlalo nePirates, egcizelela ilungelo lomqeqeshi ekunqumeni iqembu.

U-Lorch uthulele isigqoko uSihlalo we-Orlando Pirates, uDkt. Irvin Khoza, ngethuba lokugqoka ijezi elimnyama nelimhlophe, ebonga indima ebalulekile eyadlalwa yiqembu eminyakeni yakhe yokukhula. “Ngikhumbula ngasayina [kuPirates] ngineminyaka engu-22 ngashiya ngineminyaka engu-30. Ngibonga ithuba [uKhoza] anginike lona. IPirates iyohlale inendawo ekhethekile enhliziyweni yami,” kusho uLorch, eveza ukuxhumana okukhona neqembu lakhe lakudala.

Ngaphezu kokubonga i-Orlando Pirates, u-Lorch udlulise ukubonga kuMengameli weMamelodi Sundowns, uDkt. Patrice Motsepe, ngokholo alubeke kuye kanye nokwamukelwa okufudumele akutholile ngesikhathi ejoyina iqembu. Kubhekwe lukhulu kuyena njengoba uLorch ebhekwe ngabomvu ukufaka isandla ngokusemandleni akhe kuSundowns, ebalula umoya omuhle weqembu nokuzwana eqenjini.

Njengoba usuku lwalo mdlalo obhekwe ngabomvu selusondela, abathandi bebhola balindele ngamehlo abomvu ukubona indima ebaluleke kakhulu kaThembinkosi Lorch kulo mdlalo, lapho imizwa izophakama kuzo zombili izinhlangothi zenkundla.