URulani uveza imibono yakhe ngowamanqamu e-MTN8

Umqeqeshi wePyramids FC, uRulani Mokwena, uveze imibono yakhe ngomdlalo wamanqamu we-MTN8 ozayo phakathi kwamaqembu akhe akudala, i-Orlando Pirates neMamelodi Sundowns. La maqembu azobhekana emdlalweni wamanqamu we-MTN8 (owaziwa nge-Wafa Wafa) eMoses Mabhida Stadium ngoMgqibelo, lapho iPirates ihlose ukunqoba indebe okwesihlanu ngokulandelana—okuyirekhodi—kanti iSundowns yona ibuyela kowamanqamu walo mqhudelwano ngemuva kweminyaka emihlanu. Ekhuluma ngesikhathi senkomfa yabezindaba ebibanjelwe ku-inthanethi yinhlangano yezintatheli zebhola laseNingizimu Afrika (SAFJA) ngoLwesine, uMokwena uthe umphakathi uzobona umdlalo osezingeni eliphezulu ngokwezobuchwepheshe phakathi kwamaqembu aqeqeshwe kahle kakhulu. Nokho, uthe akakwazi ukubikezela ukuthi ubani ozowina njengoba enothando lwala maqembu womabili, futhi uzojabula noma ngabe ubani ophuma phambili. “Ngijabule kakhulu ngalo mdlalo wamanqamu; ngicabanga ukuthi uzoba umdlalo omuhle,” kusho uMokwena. “Yiqembu ezimbili ezinhle kakhulu, futhi yiqembu elihamba phambili ebholeni laseNingizimu Afrika. Ngakho-ke, ngicabanga ukuthi sizobona umdlalo wamanqamu omuhle kakhulu. Ngiyawulindele ngabomvu lo mdlalo, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi umphakathi uzobona umdlalo osezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu ngokwezobuchwepheshe. “Uyazi, akukho sizathu sokumangala ngalokhu; ubona ngisho neqembu lesizwe ligcwele abadlali bala maqembu womabili ngoba yilapho kushiwo khona ukuthi ‘ikhrimu ihlale ikhuphukela phezulu’ (okuchaza ukuthi abahamba phambili bahlale bebonakala). Futhi akuyona into eyenzeka ngengozi ukuthi kube nabadlali abaningi abavela kwiSundowns kanye nabadlali abaningi abavela kwiPirates.” “Futhi ngingumlandeli omkhulu weMamelodi Sundowns. Uyazi, ngiyayithanda le kilabhu. Ngibonga kakhulu ngalokho okwenziwe yile kilabhu, uDkt. Patrice [Motsepe] kanye nosihlalo uTlhopie [Motsepe] ukungisiza ngibe umqeqeshi engiyiye namuhla; ukuba nesimo somsebenzi (CV) enginaso kukhulu okwenziwe yiSundowns kukho. “Ngakho-ke, nginendawo ekhethekile enhliziyweni yami ngale kilabhu futhi ngihlale ngifisela iMamelodi Sundowns okuhle kodwa, kodwa futhi ngihlale ngifisela i-Orlando Pirates okuhle kodwa. “Kunzima kakhulu kimi ukunquma ukuthi ubani engicabanga ukuthi uzowina, kodwa ngokuqinisekile ngizojabula kakhulu ekugcineni. Ekupheleni komdlalo, ngizojabula kakhulu ngoba uma iSundowns iwina, ngizojabula kakhulu. Uma i-Orlando Pirates iwina, nami ngizojabula kakhulu.” “Ngakho-ke, ngifisela womabili amaqembu, zombili lezi zikilabhu zebhola, okuhle kodwa. Isikhathi kuphela lapho ngingafuni khona ukuthi iPirates noma iSundowns iwine, wukuthi uma ngihlezi futhi ngincintisana nabo ngiseceleni kwelinye ibhentshi. Yileso kuphela isikhathi.”