UMpumi Khoza udalula imfihlo yokuphakama kwePirates

Umphathi we-Orlando Pirates, uMpumi Khoza, uthi ukwethembela kwiqembu kubadlali abakhiqizwe ekhaya kube yinto eqakathekileko empumelelweni enkulu iqembu eliyibonakalisa eminyakeni esanda kudlula.

AmaBuccaneers aqhubeka nokwenza kuhle ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwenkundla, athola imiphumela emihle njalo.

Impumelelo yakamuva kube kukuwina indebe yeCarling Knockout, eyengezwe emakhabetheni agcwele iindebe.

Ngaphambilini kwesizini, iPirates iphinde yanqoba indebe yeMTN8 okwesine ngokulandelana, ngemva kokuhlula iStellenbosch FC emdlalweni wokugcina.

Emnyakeni emine edlulileko, i-Orlando Pirates idlale imidlalo yokugcina eyisibhozo yaze yawina iindebe zesizwe eziyisikhombisa, into engakaze yenzeke.

Lokhu ikwenze ngebandla labadlali abanengi babo abazalelwe eSewula Afrika, kuhlanganisa nentsha evela ezinhlelweni zokuthuthukisa.

Emdlalweni wokugcina weCarling Cup ibhekene neMarumo Gallants, iPirates iqale ngomdlali abayi-11 bonke beSewula Afrika.

Umdlali waseNamibia, uDeon Hotto, kube nguyena yedwa owangaphandle kwezwe obehlezi ebhentshini.

UKhoza, oyindodana kasihlalo weqembu u-Irvin Khoza, uthe lesi sisekelo sibaluleke khulu empumelelweni yePirates kuBetway Premiership.

“Into eqakathekileko kukuba neqembu eliziqhenyayo ngokuba liqembu laseSewula Afrika,” kutsho uKhoza.

“Sifuna ukuveza abatjha emincintiswaneni elukhuni ukuze bafunde futhi basebenzise amathuba.”

Waphetha ngokuthi into abangayithembisa kusebenzela nzima, ngombana yilokho okumelelwa yi-Orlando Pirates.