UDlangalala: Ukuphuma kwePirates kuCAF kulimaza iBafana
Umqeqeshi webhola lomnyaka kanye lomhlaziyi, uZipho Dlangalala, utshengise ukukhathazeka okukhulu ngokukhutjhwa okumangalisayo kwe-Orlando Pirates kuCAF Champions League.
Esithi akusilo ilahleko yeqembu kuphela — kodwana likasilonda lelizwe.
“Ukukhutjhwa kwe-Orlando Pirates kulesisigaba kungajabulisa kuphela umuntu ongathandi ibhola laseNingizimu Afrika,” kutsho uDlangalala.
“Yilonda elikhulu kuBafana Bafana. Lokhu kuthinta ngqo iqembu lesizwe,” watjho.
“Abadlali bethu abatsha, abanesiphiwo, basasilela ekutholeni isipiliyoni samazwe angaphandle — lokhu ukukhutjhwa okungazange kulindelwe kuyakutjengisa lokho.”
UZipho Dlangalala, owaziwa ngokugandelela kwakhe ukuthuthukiswa kwabadlali ngokuhlwithwa emidlalweni yamazwe.
Uthi iCAF Champions League ibalulekile ekubuthiseni abadlali baseNingizimu Afrika ngokwengqondo nangendlela yokudlala.
“Nxa ngikhuluma ngeSundowns noma iPirates, abantu bacabanga ukuthi ngisekela iqembu. Angisekeli iqembu, ngisekela ibhola laseNingizimu Afrika,” wagcizelela.
“Ukudlala kude kuCAF Champions League kwenza abadlali babe namava kunanoma yini enye.
Umncintiswano owodwa wamazwe ulingana nemidlalo eyisithupha noma engaphezulu yemakhaya ngokwesipiliyoni.”
Uye waxwayisa ukuthi isikhathi sokukhutjhwa kwePirates sibekela abadlali abanengi amathuba ambalwa wokuthola isipiliyoni ngaphambi kwemidlalo ebalulekile yamazwe.
“Bazakuthola isipiliyoni esinjalo godu kuphela ngesikhathi seFIFA windows sikaLwezi 2025 noMbimbitho 2026, bese ku-AFCON ngoZibandlela, kuthi ekugcineni kube ngesikhathi sokulungiselela iNdebe yoMhlaba,” kutsho uDlangalala.
“Imidlalo eyisithupha yamaqembu amaqembu, kanye okungenani imidlalo emibili yokukhutjhwa — lokho kungama-90 amaminithi aphindwe kanengi.” watjho ngokudana.
“Lokhu ukukhutjhwa kusenesikhathi akunciphisanga kuphela inani labadlali abakulungele amazwe, kodwana kuthathe nethuba elibalulekile lokuthola isipiliyoni samazwe angaphandle abebasidinga kakhulu.”
