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Nkosilathi Sibanda
IHIGHLANDERS ingena umango iqonde edolobheni leHarare lapho okumele ifike ibophe ziqine kumdlalo wayo lesitha sayo esikhulu iDynamos kumdlalo weligi yeCastle Lager enkundleni yeRufaro.
Ngokuxega eyikho khona iBosso, lumdlalo unikeza iDynamos ithuba lokuthi izitshengisele ukuba umdlalo wayo wakulezinsuku uyaphambili. IHighlanders isiqede imidlalo emine inqotshwa, kusehlula khona ukubhoboza umambule.
EzikaMagebhula zikunombolo yesitshiya galolunye. Kumidlalo engamatshumi amabili lantathu, iqembu lakoBulawayo leli lidlalela endaweni eyingozi kabi kungalane, okokuthi ingehluleka ukuthola ukunqoba kumidlalo elandelayo, ingabonakala isilwela ukunamathela iligi.
Icebo elingasiza uAkbay kulimpelaviki yikudlalisa abafana abavimbezela iDynamos kunkezo yamaqhawe eyancintiswa ngenyanga edluleyo. IHighlanders yabafana abasakhulayo le yayiqeqetshwa nguMelusi Sibanda okhuza ithalenta elisacathula eqenjini.
Abanye abadlali abakhethwa nguSibanda kulowo mdlalo kwakuyilabo abahlanu abakuqula labadlali abancinyane abaphakathi kweqembu elidala. Kodwa, kuyo yonke imidlalo, abafana abasakhula abaphiwa ithuba.
Isifiso sayo sokuthatha inkezo sesitshabalele, ikanti iqembu edlala lalo ngeSonto liseduzane lokuphinda umphehlo wokuba yintshantshu yomdlalo.
IDynamos isiphenduke yaba liqembu elihlohla nsukuzonke. Abafana beHarare laba bahlezi kunombolo yesibili kulogu belemiklomelo engamatshumi amathathu lambili.
Enkambeni yalithimu abadlali batshaya umpululu ngokuthi bahlangana leHighlanders eqhulayo.
Ukaputeni weqembu leDeMbare uOcean Mushure ubikele iphephandaba likazulu ukuthi abethuswa yilutho liqembu leBosso.
“Umdlalo lo awusethusi njengeminye imidlalo yethu nxa sidibene leHighlanders. Lokhu akutsho ukuba siyayidelela kodwa kuveza ukuzethemba kwethu kulumdlalo esiwukhangeleleyo.”
Osabambe ibhanti likakaputeni kuTshilamoya uRahman Kutsanzira uyakwala lokhu. Umdlali lo ubike ukuthi bazaguqula umdlalo bathole ukuhlohla.
“Imidlalo ayifani bakithi. Idlabuzane lokunqoba silalo. Okwethu yikuhamba sihlomile kuphela,” kutsho umkhokheli wabadlali beHighlanders.
Imidlalo yeCastle Lager kuliviki:
NgeSonto: Ngezi Platinum FC v Harare City FC (Baobab),
NgoMgqibelo: FC Platinum v How Mine FC (Mandava), Black Rhinos v Bulawayo City (Rufaro), Chicken Inn v Yadah (Hartsfield), Chapungu v Shabanie Mine (Ascot),
NgeSonto: Bantu Rovers v Caps United (Hartsfield), Triangle United v Hwange (Gibbo), Dynamos v Highlanders (Rufaro)
