
UNomvethe uthaba ngemva kwephepha likaShalulile
UPeter Shalulile ubhale umlando ngeempelaviki lapho ashaya khona iphenalthi ephikisanako ngesikhathi iSundowns idlala neStellenbosch FC eAthlone Stadium.
Ngalelo goli, umgadli waseNamibia uphakamise isibalo sakhe saphumelela kuma-130 amagoli, adlula irekhodo likaSiyabonga “Bhele” Nomvethe elingu-129, elibekwe iminyaka eminengi kuPSL.
UNomvethe, indoda ebeyigadli omkhulu, akazange abe nesikhwele. Esikhundleni salokho, uthe:
“Ngiyamthokoza uShalulile. Lokhu kutjengisa ukuthi usebenze nzima ukufinyelela la. Akulula, kodwana lokhu kutjengisa ukuthi uqinisile phambili, futsi ufuna ukwakha umlando.”
Waphinde wathi nanyana irekhodo lakhe lidluliweko, okubaluleke khulu kuye kukubona abagadli baseMzansi nabo beziphakamisa:
“Ngizokuba mnandi uma elidlula. Okubaluleke khulu kimi kukubona abadlali basekhaya belinga ukuphakamisa irekhodo esikhathini esizako.”
Ngaphandle kwakaNomvethe, umqeqeshi weSundowns uMiguel Cardoso uthe:
“Ngifuna ukuthatha lelithuba ngimbongela. UShalulile sewuyindoda enkulu emlandweni wePSL.”
Uhulumende weNamibia naye ugcwele ithabo, wathi uShalulile uyisibonelo sokusebenza ngokuzinikela.
Umqeqeshi wangaphambili, uManqoba Mngqithi, wambiza “umdlali onokuziphatha okuhle khulu engake ngisebenze naye.”
Ngalokho, umlando sewubhalwe kabutjha, uShalulile angcweliswe njengomgibeli omkhulu wemidlalo yaseNingizimu Afrika.
