World Cup

UBooth udumisa uBroos ngomsebenzi omkhulu weWorld Cup

Owayengumdlali weBafana Bafana, uMatthew Booth, udumise uHugo Broos ngokubuyisela iNingizimu Afrika emiqhudelwaneni yeFifa World Cup okokuqala kusukela ngo-2010.

Kodwana lo mdlali omude, owayedlala kuMamelodi Sundowns, ukhomba indawo eyodwa lapho acabanga khona ukuthi umqeqeshi waseBelgium akakanaki kahle ekwakheni ithimba lakhe elitjha.

UHugo Broos usejoyine uhlu lwabaqeqeshi abadumile — uClive Barker (1998) noCarlos Queiroz (2002) — abake bahola iBafana Bafana ukuya emiqhudelwaneni yomhlaba.

Njengombana uHugo Broos asele alungiselela umqhudelwano we-USA/Canada/Mexico ka-2026, uMatthew Booth uthi unelithuba elihle lokwenza umlando —

kodwana lokho kuzokwenzeka kuphela nangabe uyandisa indlela yakhe yokukhetha abadlali.

“Okunye okugxekwa kakhulu ngoBroos kukuthi akakanaki abadlali abasebenza phesheya kakhulu,” kutjho uBooth ekhuluma neFARPost.

“Kufanele aye phesheya, abababone abadlali, abakhuthaze nokubazisa ukuthi uyababona.

Angicabangi ukuthi wenze okwanele ngalokho.”

Ithimba leBafana Bafana njenganje libuswa abadlali be-Orlando Pirates neMamelodi Sundowns — indibanisela esele ilethe imiphumela, kodwana eshiye abanengi abaseYurophu ngaphandle.

UBroos ukuthi abe ngozomlandela esikhundleni.

UBooth uthi uthemba ukuthi ozoba ngumqeqeshi olandelako uzokuba nobulungisa, abanike abadlali basephandleni kanye nabaseYurophu amathuba alinganayo.

“Ngemva kuka-2026, ngingathanda ukubona umqeqeshi omutjha ebandakanya woke umuntu — aya eYurophu, abone abadlali bePSL, aqinisekise ukuthi woke ofanelwe lithuba uyayithola ithuba lakhe,” kuphetha uBooth.

IBafana Bafana isibuyele emhlabeni kanti uBooth ufuna lesi sigaba esitjha sibandakanye woke amakhono aseNingizimu Afrika, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi akuphi emhlabeni.