Ouaddou: “AmaPirates kumele atshaye ukugcina iphupho leCAF”
Umqeqeshi we-Orlando Pirates, u-Abdeslam Ouaddou, ubize abadlali bakhe bona bafake amabhola enethini ngaphambi komdlalo awuchaze njengomkhulu khulu wesizini.
AmaBuccaneers azahlangana neSt. Éloi Lupopo emdlalweni wesibili weCaf Champions League okumele bawine, ozakubanjelwa e-Orlando Stadium ngoMgqibelo.
Badinga ukuguqula umphumela wokuhlulwa 3-0 abawutholile eKinshasa ngempelasonto edluleyo.
I-Orlando Pirates ikhuphule ukuzethemba ngemva kokunqoba 1-0 emdlalweni weBetway Premiership ibambana nePolokwane City ngoLwesithathu.
Kodwana u-Ouaddou bekanganeliseki ngamathuba amanengi abaphuthelwe, ekhomba amathuba atshabalele ku-Evidence Makgopa loYanela Mbuthuma.
“Sifune ukutshaya amabhola amanengi,” kutsho yena kuSuperSport TV. “Sibe namathuba okuvala umdlalo.
Leyo yindawo okufanele siyilungise — ikakhulu ngoMgqibelo lo. Sifuna ukutshaya amabhola.”
Lokunqoba kutjhidise i-Orlando Pirates emaphuzwini ali-18 ngemidlalo eyisibhozo, kubagcina basondele khulu kubakhokheli belogi iMamelodi Sundowns.
Kodwana konke ukugxila manje kuseCaf Champions League ngoMgqibelo. Umdlalo uzakubanjelwa e-Orlando Stadium ngo-3 ntambama.
U-Ouaddou utjhentjhile ithimba lakhe ngesikhathi bebambana nePolokwane City ukwenzela bona abadlali abaphambili baphumule ngaphambi komdlalo omkhulu.
Uphinde wabiza nabalandeli: “Sifuna ukwesekelwa ngabalandeli. Ngiyethemba isitadiyamu sizakugcwala.
“Ngumdlalo obaluleke khulu emlandweni webhuluho lethu. Sifuna ukutshaya amabhola amane — akusoke kube lula, kodwana sizakulungela.”
Isikhathi sesifikile. I-Orlando Pirates inemizuzu engama-90 yokwenza isimanga nokugcina iphupho layo lase-Afrika liphila.
