UMdlali weBafana uSithole: Bengicabanga ukuthi sekuphelile
UMdlelasemphakathi weBafana Bafana, uSphephelo “Yaya” Sithole, ukhulumile ngenhlungu ayidlule ngayo ngesikhathi elimele kabi aze acabange ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe wokudlala ibhola sewuphelile.
Lo mdlali okade edlala ePortugal waphuka umlenze kabili (i-tibia le-fibula) ngesikhathi edlalela iBafana ngoMandulo 2024, okumenze wahlala ngaphandle unyaka wonke engadlalanga.
Khathesi njengoba indlavini kaHugo Broos isese eThekwini ukuzilungiselela umdlalo wayo wesibili wokugcina we-2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, uSithole usebuyile eqenjini —
Into ayibiza ngokuthi isimanga esikhulu empilweni yakhe.
“Okokuqala, ngiyathokoza kuNkulunkulu ngokunginika ithuba lokudlala ibhola godu,” kutjho uSithole kuSAFA Media.
“Ukulinyazwa engakwenza, ngacabanga ukuthi kungaba sekuphelile ngomsebenzi wami. Kodwana ngokuthokoza ngikhona godu, ngibuyile neqembu.”
Lo mdlali oneminyaka eyi-25, uthe indlela abuye ngayo ibimrara, kodwana ukubona abangani bakhe bedlala kahle ngesikhathi engakhona kumenze walwela ukubuyela enkundleni.
“Kuhle ukubuyela eqenjini. Umoya muhle, abafana bebedlala kahle ngesikhathi ngingakhona. Bengihlala ngibabukela, futhi ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ukubuyela eqenjini godu,” kwangeza yena.
Ukubuyela kukaSithole kuqinisa kakhulu iBafana Bafana njengoba ifuna ukuqeda umncintiswano wokufaneleka kuma-World Cup kahle.
Amava, ukuqina kwakhe, nokulawula umdlalo phakathi kungaba yinto ebalulekile ekusizeni iNingizimu Afrika ukuthi ibuyele esikhundleni esiphezulu iqinisekise indawo yayo ku-World Cup ka-2026.
