Bafana Bafana Ilahlekelwe Amaphuzu, Iqembu Lizimisele Ukunqoba
Ukwehliswa kwamaphuzu kuBafana Bafana ngenxa yokudlala umdlali ovinjelwe ngomhlaka March kube yisithiyo esibuhlungu.
Lokhu kudumaza kwabalandeli nabadlali kuvezwe kakhulu emithonjeni yezindaba, kodwa iqembu liyazama ukuqinisa umoya nokugxila emidlalweni ezayo.
Nokho abadlali bazama ukunganaki ukudumazeka futhi bagxile ekunqobeni imidlalo emibili ezayo ukuze bazibeke esimweni esingcono sokungena eMhlabeni ka-2026.
IBafana Bafana izobhekana leZimbabwe ngoLwesihlanu eMoses Mabhida Stadium emdlalweni okumele uwine.
Ikaputeni weqembu, uRonwen Williams, uthe bazasebenzisa lo mdlalo kanye nowe-Rwanda ukubuyisela esimweni esinzima abakhona kuso.
“Kusiphazamise kakhulu ngokwengqondo ukuthola ukuthi kwenziwe iphutha ngumphathi weqembu,” kusho uWilliams ngoLwesine.
Ukhuluma emhlanganweni wezabezindaba eThekwini lapho iBafana Bafana izobhekana leZimbabwe.
“Kodwa wonke umdlali osekhampini manje uzimisele ukuthi kumele siwine umdlalo wosuku oluzayo (Lwesihlanu) ngempumelelo enkulu…
“Lokhu akutsho ukuthi siyazidlula eZimbabwe, siyazi kahle ukuthi banabadlali abakhuthele abafana no-Knowledge Musona, Khama Billiat, noMarshall Munetsi nabanye.”
Ngemva komdlalo eMabhida, iBafana izohamba iya eMpumalanga lapho izobhekana leRwanda emdlalweni wokugcina wokukhetha iWorld Cup.
Lo mdlalo wokugcina wokukhetha iWorld Cup uzakuba eMbombela Stadium eNelspruit ngoLwesibili oluzayo.
