IKaizer Chiefs izomemezela umqeqeshi omusha nabadlali ababili ngoLwesithathu ngokuphawula okusemthethweni sekilabhu. Isitatimende esikhishwe kusizindalwazi salezi zinkunzi zaseSoweto, sikhomba ukuthi umqeqeshi omusha nabadlali bazokwethulwa yileli sonto kuleli sonto.
Isizindalwazi sezindaba, IBUNDA IZINDABA,siphotshozelwe yimithombo yangaphakathi ukuthi lezinkunzi zaseSOWETO ezigijima kuDStv Premiership, sezithole umqeqeshi onamandla ozothatha izintambo kuCavin Johnson. Amakhosi kuthiwa azoqamba umqeqeshi omusha ngesizini ezayo njengoba esaqhubeka nokufuna umqeqeshi ozovala isikhala sikaMolefi Ntseki owaxoshwa.
Kwaqoqwa ngokuthi u-Alexandre Santos nguyena oholayo ekubeni ngumphathi omusha eNaturena. USantos izimisele ngokushiya iqembu lase-Angola iPetro de Luanda maduze nje njengoba kunemibiko yokuthi ulibangise kuPremier League Soccer.
Lo mqeqeshi wasePortugal usezoyiqeda inkontileka yakhe ne-Os Tricolores Os Petrolíferos, ephela ekupheleni kwesizini. Iqembu laseMorocco, iWydad Casablanca, nalo liyazama ukuthola lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-47 ubudala, kodwa iChiefs kuthiwa izovala ngokusayinisa kwakhe.
USantos kulindeleke ukuthi inqobe isicoco sesithathu seligi kuleli qembu lase-Angola, njengoba iphinde yahola leli qembu kuma-semi final eCAF Champions League kumasizini amabili edlule. Usebenze namakilabhu ambalwa e-Europe, Asia naseNyakatho Afrika, okubalwa iSporting CP neVitoria Setubal FC.
Lo mqeqeshi uke wasebenza njengomsizi emaqenjini amakhulu afana neSC Braga, FC Porto (yokubili iPortugal) ne-Al Ahly yase-Egypt.
Isitatimende esikhishwe kusizindalwazi salezi zinkunzi zaseSoweto, sikhomba ukuthi umqeqeshi omusha nabadlali bazokwethulwa yileli sonto kuleli sonto. IChiefs ithungatha umqeqeshi omusha kanti ababhekiwe kulesikhundla nguPitso Mosimane noBenni McCarthy nabo abamataniswa nezikhulu zeqembu laMakhosi mayelana ‘nesitatimende’.
