UHotto utshengisa ubuhlakanipha bokudlala noMofokeng

Umdlali we-Orlando Pirates osebenza ngemuva kwesinceleni, uDeon Hotto, utshengise indlela ayibona ngokukhethekile ayisebenzisana ngayo noRelebohile Mofokeng esiqintini.

Uveze ukuthi sebahlala iminyaka emithathu badlala ndawonye, begodu sebatholana kuhle kangangobana abasafuni ukukhuluma ukukhomba ipasi—umunye uyakwazi bona omunye uzabe akuphi.

UHotto utjwise ukuthi uma uMofokeng ephethwe ibhola, uyakwazi bona akhambe ayolinda kuphi, naye-ke uMofokeng uyakwazi bona uHotto ufuna ibhola linyuselwe kuphi.

Ukhulume lokhu ngemva kokuthi iPirates izuze ukunqoba okunzima ngo 2-0 ibambana neChippa United kuBetway Premiership ngoLwesibili ebusuku e-Orlando Stadium.

IChippa United idlale ngomdlandla omkhulu, yamakhela kuhle kwanga ingathatha okungenani iphuzu.

Kodwana ngemizuzwana eyi-15 yokugcina umdlalo uphela, uMofokeng uyihlabile iChippa wathoba ipasi elihle elimfumene uHotto engabodisi.

UHotto akazange abambezele, wenze icross elihle elithole uEvidence Makgopa, owagwinya ibhola walingenisa eweni ngehloso yokuqala.

Ihawu lisivalwe ngesikhathi sokuphela komdlalo, lapho uOswin Appollis ashaye khona ihlosi elihle elishiye umlindi weChippa, uDumisani Msibi, angazi ukuthi enzeni.

UHotto ukhethwe njengomdlali womhlandla (Man of the Match), waphinde wahlathulula ubuhlobo bakhe noMofokeng ngemva komdlalo.

Uthe umabanga wokuxhumana kwabo uvela esikhathini eside, sebadle iminyaka emithathu bedlala ndawonye.

Ngokunqoba lokhu, iPirates sele ihlangene ngamaphuzu neMamelodi Sundowns, behlukene kuphela ngehlukanisi lamagoli.

Umsebenzi olandelako weBucs uzokuba ngeSabatha ntambama bebhekene neDurban City eThekwini.