“Yekani ukujabula ngobuhlungu bePirates!” – Iqhawe libuyisela emuva

Owayengumdlali we-Orlando Pirates uJames Mothibi utshaye abanye abaseNingizimu Afrika ngokujabulela ukwehlulwa kweBuccaneers ngo 3-0 emdlalweni weCaf Champions League yi-Saint-Éloi Lupopo eLubumbashi.

IPirates ibhaxulwe e-DR Congo, yavumela igoli ekuqaleni likaWanet Kashala, kwalandela uDramane Kambou loJean Benoît Tukumbane abavalela ngokupheleleyo esigabeni sesibili.

Amakhehla aseSoweto manje abhekene lomsebenzi onzima kakhulu kumdlalo wesibili ozokuba se-Orlando Stadium ngoMgqibelo.

Nanyana kube khona ukukhanya kokulwa okuvela ku-Evidence Makgopa, Oswin Appollis kanye legoli elalihanjiwe likaDeon Hotto, amaphutha okuvikela kanye lokungagxilanga kahle yikho okubize iPirates.

Kodwa okwamcasulisa kakhulu uMothibi yindlela abantu basekhaya abaphendule ngayo.

“Ngiyabona abanengi baseNingizimu Afrika bajabula… kuhle ukujabula, kodwana kumele baqaphele lokho abakujabulayo,” kutsho uMothibi etshela iSoccer Laduma.

“Nxa amaqembu ethu aya phandle kweNingizimu Afrika, adinga ukwesekwa kwethu. Chiefs idinga ukwesekwa. Sundowns idinga ukwesekwa. Pirates idinga ukwesekwa.”

Uthi ukuncintisana phakathi kwamaqembu asekhaya sekudabula umoya webhola elizweni.

“Njengezizwana zase-Afrika, kumele sihloniphane. Nxa siya eCongo kumbe eGhana, asifuni ukuphathwa kubi — khona-ke kungani senza njalo kubantu bakithi?”

Kodwa uMothibi usasele nethemba. “Umncintiswano awukapheli. Ngake ngadlala kuChampions League — noma yini ingangenzeka.

“Nxa iLupopo ingakwazi ukufaka amathathu, iPirates ingakwazi ukufaka amathathu loba ngaphezulu e-Orlando,” kutsho yena ngokuzethemba.

“Kumele sime ndawonye njengezizwe zaseNingizimu Afrika. Ibhola alilwiwa.”