OweChiefs uvuma induku yeBucs

Ngu: Mduduzi Mbangayiya

Umqeqeshi obambile weKaizer Chiefs, uCedric Kaze, uvumile ukuthi kubuhlungu kakhulu ukuhlulwa kweqembu lakhe ngo 3-0 yi-Orlando Pirates kwi-Soweto Derby yeBetway Premiership League eFNB Stadium izolo ntambama. Lokhu kuhlulwa kwenze iChiefs yalahlekelwa umdlalo wayo wesithathu kule sizini, njengoba yakhishwa kuCAF Confederation Cup yiZamalek SC, yaphinde yadliwa yiStellenbosch FC. Kodwa-ke, uKaze uthe lokhu akusona isiphetho, kanti iqembu lizozama ukubuya ngamandla emidlalweni ezayo.

Ekhuluma nabezindaba ngemuva komdlalo, uKaze akazange afihle ukudumala kwakhe. “Kubuhlungu ukudliwa kweKaizer Chiefs,” kusho uKaze, ebonakala esindwa umphumela. “Kodwa isekhona eminye imidlalo elandelayo, sizodlala kahle kuyona.”

Ukuhlulwa okuphindaphindiwe kweChiefs kwiDerby sekuyinkinga enkulu, futhi sekungenxa yokuphindaphindeka kokuhlulwa kule sizini. UKaze uthe izolo bekuvele kungelona usuku lwabo. “Umdlalo weDerby bengolona usuku lwabo [i-Orlando Pirates],” eqhuba.

Abalandeli beKaizer Chiefs bashiyeke bedumele kakhulu ngemuva kwalokhu kuhlulwa okunzima, ikakhulukazi njengoba kungenjalo nje ukuhlulwa kodwa kuyindaba yokuhlukunyezwa okukhulu ngaphambi kwezimbangi zabo ezinkulu, futhi lokhu kwengeza kuluhlu lokuhlulwa okukhulu kule sizini. Amazwi kaKaze azobhekwa ngeso elibukhali, njengoba abalandeli bezofuna ukubona intuthuko ngokushesha emidlalweni elandelayo.

Njengoba iChiefs isaqhubeka nomzabalazo wayo kule sizini, bonke ababambiqhaza bazobe bebheke ukuthi ngabe iqembu lizokwazi yini ukusukuma kulesi simo esinzima bese lilandela amazwi omqeqeshi walo obambile, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokuhlulwa okukhulu okokuqala kwiCAF, kwaphinde kwalandela kwiBetway Premiership, manje futhi kwiDerby.