UKUBUYELA enkundleni kwesilomo somgadli weBanyana Banyana, uThembi Kgatlana, kufanele wukuthi kubuyise ithemba ekhempini yaleli qembu lesizwe lokuthi uzokwazi ukuba yingxenye yeqembu elizoyibamba eNdebeni yoMhlaba yakulo nyaka.
Lo mdlali bese kuphele izinyanga eziyishumi engadlali selokhu alimala kowamaqoqo weWomen’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) bebhekene neBotswana eMorocco ngoJulayi nyakene.
Walimala emsipheni ongaseqakaleni, i-achilles, ojwayele ukuthatha isikhathi eside ukuthi uphole.
Kwenzeka lokhu nje bekusanda kumenyezelwa ukuthi usejoyine iiqembu lase-United States of America, IRacing Louisville, esuka kwi-Atletico Madrid yaseSpain.
Uze walubangisa kuleli qembu ngoJanuwari nonyaka, waqala ngokuzilolonga yedwa ngaphambi kokuthi aziqeqeshe ngokuphelele neqembu ngenyanga edlule.
NgeSonto ungene ngomzuzu ka-86 ngesikhathi iLouisville ihlulwa yi-Orlando Pride, emdlalweni weNational Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), okuyisigaba esiphezulu ebholeni labesifazane e-USA.
Ukubuya kwakhe kuchaza ukuthi usenayo imidlalo eyishumi noma ngaphezulu azoyidlala eqenjini lakhe ngaphambi kokuthi kufike isikhathi sokuthi umqeqeshi weBanyana, uDesiree Ellis, adalule isikwati sabadlali abangu-23 azoya nabo e-Australia naseNew Zealand ngoJulayi eNdebeni yoMhlaba.
“Bekumnandi ukubuyela enkundleni. Ngisale nemizwa ehlukene ngoba ngasayina kwiLouisville ngonyaka odlule kodwa bengiqala ukuthola ithuba lokudlala manje,” kusho uKgatlana ecashunwa yisizindalwazi seqembu lakhe.
Ukubuya kwakhe kumele kulijabulise neqembu lakhe elisemsileni ngamaphuzu amane ngemuva kwemidlalo emine, kanjalo neBanyana.
Emidlalweni yakamuva selokhu alimala iqembu lika-Ellis bese lithembele kuHildah Magaia noJermaine Seoposenwe ukuthi babhakuzise inethi.
IBanyana izoqala eqoqweni iGroup G eNdebeni yoMhlaba lapho iqhathwe khona neSweden, Italy ne-Argentina.
Kweka-2019 eyayiseFrance, uKgatlana washayela elakuleli igoli lokubika kwiGroup B ngesikhathi liguqiswa yiSpain ngo 3-1 kowokuvula. Kwelandelayo ladliwa yiChina ngo 1-0 neGermany ngo 4-0.
Khonamanjalo, i-University of Western Cape isaqhwakele kwi-log yeHollywoodbets Super League ngemuva kokwehlula iRoyal AM ngo 3-0 eParow Park ngoMgqibelo.
Leli iqembu selinamaphuzu angu-33 emidlalweni engu-12. Lihamba phambili ngamaphuzu amabili kwiMamelodi Sundowns Ladies elele endaweni yesibili.
AmaSandawana anciphise igebe ngeSonto ezitamuzela kwiCoal City Wizards, eyihlula ngo 9-0 ePuma Stadium ngeSonto emini.
I-TS Galaxy Queens, engelinye la maqembu aqalayo ukudlala esigabeni esiphezulu kule sizini, iphinde yafaka amaphuzu agcwele emigodleni wayo ibhaxabula iRichmond United ngo 5-0.
Leli qembu elisayinise inqwaba yabadlali abanamava ngaphambi kokuqala kwesizini, selizibeke endaweni yesithathu ngamaphuzu angu-27 emidlalweni engu-12.
Kusayibhedela iMa-Indies Ladies esabambeke emsileni ngamaphuzu ayisithupha ngemuva kokuguqiswa yiCopperbelt FC ngo 2-1. Isele ngephuzu kwiCity Lads neCoal City Wizards, okungamanye amaqembu awukudla kwenduku kule sizini.
Imiphumela yeHollywoodbets Super League yangempelasonto: First Touch Academy 3-1 City Lads, Durban Ladies 0-1, Copperbelt FC 2-1 Ma-Indies, University of Western Cape 3-0 Royal AM, University of Pretoria 2-0 Thunderbirds Ladies, University of Johannesburg 1-1 Tshwane University of Technology, Coal City Wizards 0-9 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies, TS Galaxy Queens 5-0 Richmond United.