IBanyana inqobe ngamandla, iMadagascar

Iqembu leBanyana Banyana lidlale ngamandla nangokuzikhandla ngesikhathi linenebula iMadagascar ngo 4-0 emdlalweni wokuqala wokuhlungela imidlalo yama-Olympic ka-2028 eLos Angeles, obubanjelwe eFree State Stadium ngoLwesihlanu ntambama.

Umqeqeshi weBanyana, uDkt. Desiree Ellis ukhethe iqembu eliqinile elihlanganisa abadlali abafana noRonnel Donnelly, uAndile Dlamini, uIsabella Ludwig noGabriela Salgado abaqale umdlalo, kanti uLinda Motlhalo ube ngukaputeni walomdlalo obubanjelwe enkundleni engenabalandeli ngesicelo se-SAFA kanye neMadagascar njengoba ibingabasingathi bomdlalo.

Iqembu laseMadagascar likwazile ukubamba iBanyana emizuzwini engu-20 yokuqala ngenkathi lizama ukuhlasela ngejubane (counter-attack). Kodwa kube yiBanyana evule umdlalo ngegoli ngomzuzu wama-25 ngesikhathi umgadli omude, uRonnel Donnelly, eshesha ukufinyelela ebholeni elivela kuKarabo Dhlamini ngakolunye uhlangothi lwepali, wenza iBanyana yahamba phambili ngo-1-0.

Lo mgadli weMamelodi Sundowns uphinde wafaka igoli lakhe lesibili leBanyana ngomzuzu wama-37. UDonnelly akagcinanga lapho njengoba ephinde wafaka igoli lakhe lesithathu (hat-trick) ngomzuzu wama-61, wanika iBanyana ithuba elihle lokuhola ngo-3-0.

Ngomzuzu wama-78, iBanyan ithole elinye igoli lesine kwabangu-4-0 ngemuva kokuba umvikeli weMadagascar efake ibhola enethini lakhe siqu ngemuva kokuba uHildah Magaia esedlule unozinti. Umdlalo wesibili uzoba ngoLwesibili, mhla ziyi-13 kuMfumfu, futhi uzodlalelwa eFree State Stadium.