IBafana ibhubhudle iLesotho ivivela owamagqubu neNigeria
UMOHAU Nkota ejabulela igoli lakhe nozakwabo iBafana Bafana ibhaxabula iLesotho emdlalweni ka-Group C wokuhlungela iNdebe yoMhlaba eToyota Stadium, eBlomfontein, izolo ebusuku
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IBAFANA Bafana yendlalele umdlalo obhekwe ngabomvu ezowudlala neNigeria ngokubhubhudla iLesotho emdlalweni kaGroup C wokuhlungela iNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2026 obuseToyota Stadium, eBloemfontein.
Amagoli enqobe ngawo iBafana kulo mdlalo avalelwe phakathi uMohau Nkota, uLyle Foster no-Oswin Appollis ngokwehlukana kweziwombe.
Elokuqala livalelwe phakathi uNkota kusaphele imizuzu engu-15 kuqale umdlalo ngesiwombe sokuqala, eqedela ngobunyoninco ibhola ebeligotshwe u-Aubrey Modiba.
Elesibili lashaywa uFoster ngesiwombe sesibili eqedele ibhola ebelidudulwe uModiba, lashisa unozinti weLesotho, uSekhoane Moerane, waliphebezele ezinyaweni zikaFoster walibhajiswa ezintanjeni. Elesithathu lashaywa u-Appollis.
IBafana okuyiyona esaqengqeleza phambili ngamaphuzu ku-Group C, beyize kulo mdlalo wayo neLikuena - okuyisiteketiso seLesotho - idinga wona amaphuzu amathathu ukuze iqhubeke nomgqigqo wayo omuhle wokuqoqa amaphuzu kusukela yaqala le midlalo yokuhlungela iNdebe yoMhlaba ngoJuni nyakenye.
Bekuziwe kulo mdlalo wayizolo kunezinkulumo ngemibiko yokuthi abeLesotho Football Association (LeFA) basonga ngokufaka isimangalo (kwiFifa) uma iBafana iphinda idlalisa uTeboho Mokoena ngenxa yezinsolo zokuthi lo mdlali wadlaliswa kungafanele emdlalweni womlenze wokuqala phakathi kwala maqembu owanqotsha yiBafana ngo 2-0 ngoMashi, ePeter Mokaba Stadium, ePolokwane.
UMokoena ophinde wadlala nokowayizolo, washaya into ecokeme njengenjwayelo, wayekade ethole amakhadi amabili aphuzi ngokwahlukana iBafana idlala neZimbabwe neBenin kuyona le midlalo yokuhlunga.
Ngokomthetho weFifa olawula ukuqondiswa kobugwegwe, iqembu lesizwe elidlalisa umdlali kungafanele lihlawuliswa ngokuphucwa amaphuzu eliwathole lowo mdlali esenkundleni. Kunombandela nokho lapho kufanele kubekhona ofaka icala ngalokho engakapheli amahora angu-24 kuphele umdlalo.
Nokho iLesotho ayikuqaphelanga lokhu kwaze kwaba kuvela eNigeria nakhona sesidlule kude isikhathi esibekwe yiFifa.
Nebala ezikaHugo Broos zikubeke eceleni konke okokumangalelwa nokulinyalelwa ngabadlali abamqoka zaqhubeka nomsebenzi wokulwela amaphuzu amqoka enkundleni njengoba ziphinde zabuya nawo ephelele amaphuzu kwiLikuena.
IBafana ehlezi esicongweni ngamaphuzu angu-16 kuGroup C, ilandelwa iBenin ngangu-9 endaweni yesibili, idinga amanye amaphuzu amathathu kowangoLwesibili neNigeria khona eToyota Stadium ngo-6 ntambama, ukuqinisekisa ukuzibekisela kwayo indawo kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2026 ezodlalelwa eMexico, Canada nase-USA.
Noma ngabe iyaphucwa amaphuzu amathathu njengenhlawulo yokudlalisea uMokoena, kodwa kubukeka sekukuncane kakhulu okungayivimba ukuya koweNdebe yoMhlaba njengoba isazodlala neZimbabwe neRwanda ngenyanga ezayo.