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IROYAL AM iziphungulele umsebenzi ibambana neZesco United yaseZambia emdlalweni womleze wokuqala, wesigaba sesibili sokuhlungela isigaba samaqoqo seCaf Confederation Cup, eMoses Mabhida Stadium eThekwini, ngeSonto ntambama.
IRoyal-AM idlulele kulesi sigaba emuva kokukhipha iMbabane Highlanders yaseSwatini emasontweni adlule.
Kulona weZesco ingene enkundleni ibheke ukukhathula umsebenzi ngaphambi kokuyodlala ekuhambeni. Umdlalo womlenze wesibili uzodlalwa eLevy Mwanawasa Stadium eZambia, ngoMgqibelo ntambama.
Iqembu elizowina eZambia lizodlulela esigabeni sokugcina sokuhlunga lapho kuzobe sekukhona namaqembu azophuma kwiCaf Champions League.
Elizodlula lapho lizongena esigabeni samaqoqo. Umphumela obudingwa yiRoyal AM ekhaya ukuze izithambisele umsebenzi wukuthi inqobe noma wona lona ewutholile wokudlala ngokulingana, ngaphandle kokuthi izimbangi zithole igoli lasekuhambeni.
Okugqame esikimini seRoyal AM, wukungabonakali nangokhalo komgadli uSamir Nurkovic, okunemibiko ethi iqembu lakhe lifuna ukunqamula inkontileka.
Esiwombeni sokuqala, iZesco iyona ekhombise izinhloso zokufuna ukushaya igoli kuqala. Ngomzuzu wesithathu unozinti we-AM, uXolani Ngcobo, utakule ezakhe evimba umdlali weZesco esebhekene naye. IZesco iqhubekile nokucanasa kodwa uNgcobo ubengafuni lutho. Nakuba iThwihli-Thwahla ibizama ukuya phambili kodwa akukho okutheni obekukhathaza udonga lwasemuva lweZesco.
Esiwombeni sesibili, iqembu lasekhaya libuye selihlasela, lakha amathuba okushaya amagoli. Kodwa bekunzima ukugqobhoza udonga lweZesco. Ngomzuzu ka-80 unozinti weZesco, u-Ian Otieno, uvimbe ibhola elinzima likaSedwyn George, alishaye esebhokisini.