KWIQELA elibuyela kudidi oluphezulu lwebhola ekhatywayo kwilizwekazi okokuqala emva kwexesha elide, ungacinga ukuba i-Orlando Pirates inganeliseka kukuphumela kumanqanaba okubethelwa.
Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, phantse wonke umntu kwiqela likaJose Riveiro – umqeqeshi oqukiweyo – ungumdlali webhola ekhatywayo weCAF Champions League.
Ukufikelela kumanqanaba okubethelwa kufuneka, ke ngoko, kube yimpumelelo esinokuzingca ngayo.
Eli qela leBuccaneers, nangona kunjalo, lithanda amabhongo – liqhelekile njengoko mhlawumbi liphumelela isilivere – nangona lidlala ngasekhaya.
Ukuphumelela, ngoko eli lizwi lihamba, ngumkhwa, kwaye iPirates ifuna ukuqhubeka nayo.
Iqinisekise indawo kumdlalo wesiqingatha sokugqibela ikunye neentshatsheli ezirekhodiweyo iAl Ahly, iPirates ngoku ijonge ukugqibezela iQela C liphezulu kwiingxilimbela zase-Egypt.
La maqela mabini adlala eCairo ngorhatya lwangoMgqibelo (6pm ukuqala komdlalo), iPirates isonwabele ukukhokela ngenqaku elinye kwiAfrican Club of the Century.
Kodwa, ngomnombo we-Ahly – bebeziintshatsheli zelizwekazi amatyeli ali-12 kwaye bajonge intshinga yesithathu ilandelelana – kwaye into yokuba befumene inqaku e-Orlando Stadium, imali ekrelekrele ngokuqinisekileyo iyakuba kubo ukuqokelela amanqaku aphezulu kumhlaba wabo osemva. .
IiPirates zinezinye iimbono, nangona kunjalo.
“Ewe, i-Al Ahly liqela elikhulu. Kodwa nathi siliqela elikhulu, kwaye sifuna ukugqibezela kuqala kanye njengokuba befuna ukugqibezela kuqala. Umdlalo wokugqibela weqela uza kubanzima, kodwa sivukile kwaye siwulungele,” utshilo umgadli uTshegofatso Mabasa emva kwempumelelo ebetha uCR Belouizdad ngo’2-1, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba iPirates ifikelele kwikota yokugqibela.
Ugxa wakhe uThalente Mbatha, ofake igowuli elitshisayo e-Orlando Stadium kwimpelaveki edlulileyo, uphinde wayiphinda indlela kaMabasa.
“Ngokuqinisekileyo liphupha ukugqiba uphezulu kwiqela. I-Ahly ayiloqela lilula, kodwa ndiqinisekile ukuba iigents zizokwazi ukwenza umboniso phaya (eCairo). Yinto esifuna ukuyenza, ukodlula iqela. ”