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UMISIWE eqenjini ukaputeni we-Orlando Pirates, uLucky Lekgwathi (osesithombeni), ngemuva kokuthi ngesonto eledlule ephumele obala kwabezindaba ekhala ngabathile abanomona ethi yibona ababe nesandla ekutheni angaboshelwa esikimini esidlale kowamanqamu eMTN 8 nePlatinum Stars emasontweni amabili edlule eThekwini.
Ngemuva kokubhala engosini yakhe ephuma kwelinye lamaphephandaba ukuthi usola isandla semfene ngokungadlaliswa kwakhe, izolo kuvele ukuthi simcasulile lesi senzo usihlalo weqembu, u-Irvin Khoza, wakhetha ukummisa lo mdlali.
Izolo umthombo waleli phephandaba ozazi zonke izindaba zangaphakathi kuPirates, udalulele Isolezwe ukuthi uLekgwathi umisiwe eqenjini. Lokhu kufakazelwe wukuthi kusukela aveza engosini yakhe ukungenami anakho, akazange aphinde abonakale nasebhentshini.
Ubengekho iqembu lidlala koweCaf Champions League ne-Esperance, yaseTunisia, ngempelasonto e-Orlando Stadium, eSoweto. Uphinde washiywa ngaphandle eqenjini elidlale neMpumalanga Black Aces koweTelkom Knockout Last 16 izolo ebusuku.
Ethithwa uLekgwathi ngalokhu, uthe: “Ngiyaxolisa angivumelekile ukukhuluma nebezindaba okwamanje.”
Imizamo yokuthola umqeqeshi uRoger De Sa izolo ukuze achaze ngokungamdlalisi uLekgwathi ayiphumelelanga njengoba ebengaluphenduli ucingo lwakhe.
Isikhulu esiphezulu kuPirates, uFloyd Mbele, sithe siyakweshwama lokhu esibuzwa khona ngokumiswa kukaLekgwathi.
“Ngiqala ngawe ukuzwa into enjalo, uma ufuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani engadlali ungafonela umqeqeshi umbuze ngoba uyena onqumayo ukuthi ngobani abahambayo nokuthi ngobani abasalayo,” kusho uMbele.
ULekgwathi ovuselela inkontileka yakhe njalo ngonyaka uma kuqala isizini, futhi ohleze encoma “ushemeni” ngokumeseka, uzidonsele amanzi ngomsele ngokuthi athi kukhona abanomona ngempumelelo yakhe eqenjini okuyibona abatshela umqeqeshi ukuthi angadlaliswa.
Engosini yakhe waveza ukuthi watshelwa ngosuku lomdlalo wamanqamu ukuthi akekho kwabangu-18, wanikwa ithikithi lezicukuthwane.
Phambilini uDe Sa ebuzwa ngalokhu wathi kuyamxaka ukuthi uLekgwathi akhulume ngale ndlela ekubeni wayemchazelile isizathu sokungambopheli emdlalweni weStars.