UMiguel Cardoso uthi akakho ozathatha indawo kaRibeiro

Umqeqeshi weMamelodi Sundowns, uMiguel Cardoso, ukhulume ngemuva kokuhlulwa yiGolden Arrows, wavuma ukuthi akakho umdlali ongathatha indawo kaLucas Ribeiro Costa.

Lokhu kulandela isikhumbuzo sokuthi iqembu selisayine umgadli omtsha wasePortugal, uNuno Santos.

URibeiro ubalulekile kuSundowns kusukela afikile, wangenisa amagoli amanengi njalo wanika abadlali abanye amathuba okudlala.

Kodwa ngokuwohloka kwakhe ngenxa yesilonda eside, iqembu selibhekene nesikhala esinzima.

“Akukho ozathatha indawo kaLucas. Uhlala enezinga elihlukile lokudlala, uyakwazi ukudala amathuba, futhi unika umdlalo isivinini esikhethekile. Thina njengelitshekethe, kufanele sifune ezinye izixazululo, silungise indlela esidlala ngayo, sibambisane sibheke phambili,” kutsho uCardoso.

Ukufika kukaSantos kunika iqembu amathemba, kodvwa umqeqeshi uthe akusiso isikhundla esifanayo.

“USantos uletha okuhlukile, ulolwazi, uyaguquguquka futhi uyakwazi imidlalo yezinga eliphezulu. Kodvwa akusiye ‘ikopi’ kaLucas. Kufanele wonke umdlali apakame, anikele okunengi ukuze sihlale siphumelela,” watsho njalo.

Naphezu kokwehlulwa, iSundowns isahlala inethemba lokubuyela emgadlini wokuwina ekhaya lakwamanye amazwe.

Umsebenzi omkhulu manje kukwakha kabusha amandla eqembu futhi kuhlanganiswe uSantos kahle nabanye.