Umdlali weAmajimbos ubikwe ngokukhwabanisa ngeminyaka

Umdlali weKaizer Chiefs lo weSouth Africa Under-17 ubikwe ngokukhwabanisa ngeminyaka, yikho-ke engakwazanga ukuya neqembu kuFIFA Under-17 World Cup.

Umdlali lo, uSteven “Stevie G” Mendes, ubonakale ngokungabi khona kwakhe kuFIFA Under-17 World Cup eqhubekayo eQatar.

Manje-ke, umqeqetshi weAmajimbos uVela Khumalo, yena ongumqeqetshi weqembu elingaphansi kweAmakhosi, uchazile isizathu sokungabi khona kwakhe.

Uqinisekisile ukuthi lo mdlali omncane akazange angene eqenjini ngoba uhlulekile ukuhlolwa kwe-MRI, okusetshenziswa ukuqinisekisa iminyaka yabagadli.

“Ukungabi khona kukaSteven Mendes kungenxa yokuthi akadlulanga ekuhlolweni kwe-MRI,” kutsho uKhumalo ngesikhathi ekhuluma kuhlelo lomsakazo kule iviki.

“Akusiyena yedwa, kukhona nabanye abadlali abangakwazanga ukungena eqenjini.

“Ngakho-ke lezo yizinto ezenzekileyo kuleliqembu. Kodwa angifuni ukugcizelela khulu ngalokho okwenzekileyo.

“Ngicabanga ukuthi kungcono sigxile ekwenzeni konke okusemandleni ethu ukuze sibe neqembu elizadlala kahle.

“Ngakutsho kudala ukuthi ikhono yilo elizasisiza. Ikhono lalaba bafana likhulu kakhulu.

“Likhono labo elibenza bakghone ukuzwisisa lokho okufunwa yindlela yokudlala, begodu ngiyababusisa ngalokho ukuthi sifikile lapha.

“Nginethemba elikhulu begodu ngicabanga ukuthi nanyana yini ingenzeka, mhlambe singaphula elinye irekhodi,” kutjho yena.

IAmajimbos sele ifikile esigabeni sokukhitjhwa, manje izadibana neJapan ngoMgqibelo emdlalweni okufanele bawine.