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IBafana Bafana isemnyango womlando, njengoba iphupha layo lokufinyelela ku 2026 FIFA World Cup seliseduze.

Njengokungathi isikhathi siyaziphinda, lesisimo sifana ncamashi nesenzakala eminyakeni eyi-24 edlulileyo, lapho iNingizimu Afrika yaqinisekisa indawo yayo emqhudelwaneni ngokunqoba iZimbabwe.

Ukubuyela emuva ngo-2001, ngesikhathi se 2002 World Cup qualifiers, iBafana iphinde yadlala ne Zimbabwe Warriors ekupheleni komncintiswano.

Ngalesosikhathi, iqembu beliqeqetjhiwa ngu Carlos Queiroz, futhi lanqoba 2-1 ngemagoli ka- Benni McCarthy no Shaun Bartlett, kuthi Peter Ndlovu waligadla iphinathi kubavakatjhi.

Lokho kunqoba kwabangela ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika iqinisekise indawo yayo ku World Cup ka-2002 eSouth Korea naseJapan, ngemva kokuba selekhe yafinyelela okokuqala ku France ’98.

Njenganamhlanje, eminyakeni engaphezu kwama-20 kamva, umlando ubonakala uphinda wenzeka.

Ibhola liphinda lihlanganise amazwe amabili aseceleni kwe Limpopo River, njengoba iBafana iphinde ibhekane neZimbabwe emdlalweni obaluleke khulu — kulokhu e Moses Mabhida Stadium eThekwini.

Umqeqetjhi Hugo Broos kanye nabadlali bakhe bayakwazi ukuthi akusekho ndawo yokwenza amaphutha.

Kumele banqobe ngokuphelele umdlalo wango Lwesihlanu kusihlwa, ngaphambi kokuba babhekane no Rwanda ngo Lwesibili e Mbombela Stadium.

Lokhu kwenza umncintiswano ube semathunjini. Kuphela iqembu eliqeda esikhundleni sokuqala elizothola indawo eqondile kuWorld Cup.

Amaqembu aqeda esikhundleni sesibili anezethuba ezincane kakhulu zokudlulela phambili, njengoba kuzomele adlule emidlalweni yePlay-Off enzima khulu.