Stellies bazimisele ukuphula umbuso wePirates kuMTN8
Umkhokheli wemidlalo weStellenbosch FC, uSage Stephens, uthe umnyaka lo iqembu lakhe lingeke libone umlando womdlalo odlule kuMTN8 njengendlela yokufuna intlawulo ku-Orlando Pirates.
Endaweni yalokho, uthi bona bakubona njengelithuba lokuvusa isiqalo sabo esibuthaka kuDStv Premiership.
Iqembu leStellies lizakudlala i-final yesithathu yomlando walo. Ngo-2024 bawina iCarling Knockout, okuyikho kuphela isicoco sabo ku-top flight.
Kodwa ngesizini edlulileyo bahlulwa nguPirates ngo-3-1 eMoses Mabhida Stadium kuMTN8 final. Stephens, obeyingxenye yalelidlalo, uthi akhengehlise ithemba.
“Ngilindele umcimbi omkhulu, kuyikhethelo ukudlala kwenye i-final. Iqembu lenze kahle ukufinyelela lapha. Leli viki bekugcwele amandla futhi sifuna ukubonisa umdlalo omuhle,” kutsho yena.
Ngonyaka odlule, uTshegofatso Mabasa wathola igoli elidala impikiswano, wathola usizo kuRelebohile Mofokeng, ogcine engeza elesithathu.
Lokho kwenzele iPirates isicoco sesithathu kulandelana kuMTN8.Kodwa Stephens uthi akusaveli:
“Okudlulileyo sekudlulile. Sikwazile ukubonisa abalandeli ithemba. Manje sibona njengomdlalo owodwa. Sizakudibana lePirates, kodwa asiqhathanisi naminyaka edlulileyo. Bahlonitjhwa, banezicoco, kodwa nathi sinekhono. Lithuba lethu lokuphula umbuso wabo.”
