PHEZU kokuba umqeqeshi we-Orlando Pirates, uJose Reveiro, esekhombisa ukusithola isikimu azodlala ngaso kule sizini kodwa kubukeka kusenzima ukunquma ngabanye babadlali.
URiveiro waseSpain, ujoyine eZimnyama ekuqaleni kwesizini ka-2022/2023, ezovala isikhala sikaJosef Zinnbauer waseGermany. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, usewine indebe yeMTN8 okungabuzwa ukuthi izomakhela ugazi kubalandeli baleli qembu.
Njengabo bonke abaqeqeshi uma besafika emaqenjini, uRiveiro udlalise abadlali abahlukene ezama ukuthola isikimu azodlala ngaso. Kubadlali aqale ngabo kukhona asebesizwa ngendaba isikimu.
Nokho kubukeka kusenzima kulo mqeqeshi ukuthatha isinqumo ngomdlali azothembela kuyena emuva kwesokudla. Le ndawo idlalwa nguBandile Shandu noJames Monyane obeyibamba eqenjini leDStv Diski Challenge ngesizini edlule. UShandu uyenze eyakhe le ndawo ngesizini edlule esuka kwiMaritzburg United. Ushayele iPirates amagoli abalulekile, yagcina ifinyelela kowamanqamu weCaf Confederation Cup.
Kule sizini, ngaphansi kukaRiveiro, uShandu ushintshana noMonyane. Emidlalweni eminingi umdlali ngamunye udlala isiwombe adedele omunye. Lesi yisimo esingajwayelekile kubadlali basemuva kwazise udonga lwasemuva kuhlala kufuneka lube yimbumba.
UShandu uthe akanankinga ngokudlalisa isiwombe somdlalo njalo.
"Akuyona inkinga kimina ukuthi umqeqeshi uyashintshanisa ngoba imidlalo ayifani. Izinto esimandla kuzona azifani. Ngakho uma umqeqeshi edinga mina kulowo mdlalo, uzofaka mina. Uma edinga yena kuzodlala yena ngoba sobabili siyakwazi ukudlala leya ndawo ngezinga eliphezulu. Kuyangijabulisa futhi ngifunda okuningi," kusho uShandu.
Ukudlala njalo kukaShandu nokushaya into ecokeme ngesizini edlule kuholele ekutheni abizelwe eqenjini leBafana Bafana. Ngesikhathi esuka kwiTeam of Choice, bambalwa ababezitshela ukuthi uzofike adlale kweZimnyama. Nakuba uShandu ejabula ngokuthi uyasithola isikimu kwiPirates kodwa ubhekene nesimo esihlukile umngani wakhe, uSiphesihle Ndlovu, osebolekiswe kwiSuperSport United.
UNdlovu, obekade esephenduke ukudla kwebhentshi kwiPirates, ubukeka esebuyela ezingeni lakhe kuMatsatsantsa ngaphansi komqeqeshi uGavin Hunt. UShandu noNdlovu kade beyizintandokazi zabalandeli kwiTeam of Choice.
"Kunzima ukungadlali kodwa uma unabantu abalungile abakuzungezile kuba ngcono. Ngicabanga ukuthi sikwazile ukukhuthazana futhi sacebisana kahle. Kuyabonakaka ngendlela adlala ngayo ukuthi kunabantu abamkhuthazayo uma esesikhathini esinzima. Namanje siyaxhumana naye futhi siyakhuthazana," kusho uShandu.