IBanyana izogadulisana neZim kumaSemis eCosafa Women’s Championship

Ngu: Mduduzi Mbangayiya

IBanyana Banyana izodlala umdlalo obalulekile weSemi Final neZimbabwe weCosafa Women’s Championship eNew Peter Mokaba Stadium eMpumalanga ngoLwesihlanu.

U-Desiree Ellis, umqeqeshi we-Banyana unxuse iqembu lakhe ukuthi likhuphule izinga lokudlala njengoba lilungiselela umdlalo walo wama-semi-final we-COSAFA Women’s Championship.

Lokhu kuphawula kuka-Ellis kuza ngemuva kokuthi iqembu libanjwe ngo-1-1 yiLesotho emdlalweni wokugcina esigabeni samaqoqo.

U-Ellis ubesebenzise kakhulu abadlali abasha ezigabeni zokuqala zomqhudelwano, ngenhloso yokuvivinya ithalente elisha kanye nokunikeza abadlali abahlukene ithuba lokuzibonakalisa.

Lokhu kubalulekile njengoba iqembu lizilungiselela i-Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) ka-2026.

Ukuze kuqiniswe iqembu kulo mdlalo obalulekile, abadlali abaqavile abanjengoThembi Kgatlana, Amogelang Motau, noLinda Motlhalo – abadlala phesheya – bafikile ekhempini yeqembu nakuba kungakacaci ukuthi bazodlala yini kulo mdlalo we-semi-final, ukuba khona kwabo kukhuthaza kakhulu.

Ngemuva kokubanjwa yiLesotho, u-Ellis wakuchaza lokho “njengesixwayiso sokuphaphama” eqenjini lakhe. Wagcizelela isidingo sokuba abadlali bagxile ngokuphelele emdlalweni futhi benze ngendlela efanele ukuze baqinisekise indawo yabo kowamanqamu.

Lona kuzoba umdlalo onzima njengoba iZimbabwe, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Mighty Warriors, izobe ifuna ukuqeda umlando wayo wokukhishwa yiNingizimu Afrika kuma-final e-COSAFA Cup kabili phambilini. Lokhu kungeza injabulo eyengeziwe kulo mdlalo wama-semi-final.

Abalandeli beBanyana Banyana balindele ngabomvu ukubona iqembu likhombisa amandla alo aphelele futhi liqinisekise indawo yalo kowamanqamu.