UCardoso ukhala ngonompempe womdlalo wamanqamu we-MTN8

Umqeqeshi omkhulu weMamelodi Sundowns, uMiguel Cardoso, usezikhalele kunompempe ukuba abe “yithimba elihamba phambili enkundleni” lapho bezobe bebhekene ne-Orlando Pirates emdlalweni wamanqamu we-MTN8 eMoses Mabhida stadium, eThekwini.

Njengoba la maqembu amakhulu ezolwela lendebe yeMTN 8, uCardoso ugcizelele ukubaluleka komdlalo onobulungiswa futhi ukholelwa ukuthi izikhulu zomdlalo zingadlala indima enkulu ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi umdlalo wamanqamu uba yisibonelo esihle.

Akukhona okokuqala uCardoso ezwakalisa ukunganami ngonompempe bemidlalo, njengoba ebesengomunye wabantu abagqugquzela kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe be-Video Assistant Refereeing (VAR), ethi buphakamisa izinga lebhola ezweni.

“Masithembe ukuthi iqembu elihamba phambili liyawina, masithembe ukuthi iMamelodi Sundowns yiyo iqembu elihamba phambili; ngithemba ukuthi unompempe uzoba yiqembu elihamba phambili enkundleni, leso yisifiso sami esicacile, lokho kuzongenza ngigculiseke kakhulu,” kusho uCardoso ngesikhathi sokuhlangana nabezindaba ngoLwesithathu ekuseni.

“Kodwa-ke, isifiso sami ukuthi iMamelodi Sundowns ibe yiqembu elihamba phambili ebholeni futhi iqembu elihamba phambili liwine. Ngithemba ukuthi sizokwenza isibonelo esihle sokuthi ibhola lingadlalwa kanjani phakathi kwamaqembu amabili ancintisanayo ezingeni eliphezulu, ngokubonisa umoya wezemidlalo kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni.

“Indlela amaqembu asebenzisana ngayo, indlela ahloniphana ngayo, nendlela ahlonipha ngayo izindawo zawo enkundleni; ngoba ngokuqinisekile, kuzoba khona inhlonipho phakathi kwabaqeqeshi bamaqembu womabili, futhi nabadlali abanazo izinkinga.

“Lokho kuzoba yisithombe esizovela ngokuqinisekile. Ngizwe umqeqeshi u-Ouaddou ekhuluma ngesithombe esifuna ukusishiya ezweni; kulesi sigaba siyazi ukuthi izinto kufanele zihambe kanjani.”

Amazwi kaCardoso afika ngesikhathi iSundowns ilungiselela omunye umdlalo obaluleke kakhulu nePirates, lapho womabili amaqembu ehlose ukuqinisekisa ukubusa kwawo ebholeni laseNingizimu Afrika ngokunqoba indebe ye-MTN8.