IBafana Bafana iphoqeleke ukuthi idlale umqhudelwano we-COSAFA Cup ka-2024 neqembu elinesikwati esingajabulisi kangako. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi amaqembu amaningi ePSL enqabile ukudedela abadlali bawo abaqavile abaqokwe nguHelman Mkhalele eqenjini lakhe lokuqala.
UMkhalele uqoke iqembu elizodlala imidlalo yesifunda, nokho kwabe sekuqala indaba yokuthi amaqembu abhekane nezwe, uMkhalele akakwazanga ukwenza ngaphandle kokuthi aqhamuke noPlan B esikwatini sakhe sokugcina seBafana Bafana.
Isibonelo nje, uMkhalele unonozinti ababili be-Orlando Pirates uMelusi Buthelezi noSipho Chains eqenjini lakhe lokuqala leBafana Bafana ehambisana noRelebohile Mofokeng nabanye. Uke waba noBruce Bvuma noMduduzi Shabalala beKaizer Chiefs kanjalo noDeano van Rooyen weStellenbosch FC. Umdlali osemusha weMamelodi Sundowns, uSiyabonga Mabena, naye ubhekwe esikwatini sokugcina phakathi kwabanye abasebancane.
Nokho, laba badlali ababalwe ngenhla nabanye abekho eqenjini lokugcina kodwa lokho akulona iphutha likaMkhalele njengoba amakilabhu engaphoqelekile ukuthi adedele abadlali emiqhudelwaneni yeCOSAFA Cup. Manje, iningi labadlali abenze isikwati bebengajwayelekile emaqenjini abo futhi bakhombise amakhono noma nini uma bedlala.
UDevin Titus, Thabo Moloisane, Antonio van Wyk, Jaeden Rhodes bagqame kuStellies kwathi uSinoxolo Kwayiba ugqame kuChippa United. Uma ubheka isikwati seBafana Bafana esikhona manje emqhudelwaneni weCOSAFA Cup simelwe amaqembu ayisishiyagalombili ePSL kuphela.
Futhi kukhona AmaZulu, Royal AM, Chippa United, SuperSport United, Stellenbosch FC, Cape Town Spurs, Cape Town City, nePolokwane City. IMotsepe Foundation Championship nayo imelwe uThabang Sibanyani obedlala kuMaTuks njengoba ebebolekiswe kuSundowns.
I-COSAFA Cup ka-2024 izoqala mhla zingama-26 kuNhlangulana, kanti owamanqamu uhlelelwe iSonto, 7 July. Umdlalo walo nyaka uzokuba seNelson Mandela Bay Stadium eGqeberha.
Kuzophinde kube wunyaka wesikhombisa ilandelana lo mqhudelwano wesifunda usingethwe yiNingizimu Afrika. IBafana Bafana ikuGroup A kanye nomakhelwane iMozambique, eSwatini neBotswana. Iqembu laseNingizimu Afrika lilwela isicoco salo sokuqala se-COSAFA Cup selokhu laphakamisa le ndebe ngo-2021 liqeqeshwa uMorena Ramoreboli osengumqeqeshi weJwaneng Galaxy. Okubalulekile ukuthi iBafana Bafana inqobe isicoco ingadedelwanga yizembe. UVeli Mothwa waMaZulu uyidlale yonke imidlalo.
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