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KUTSHAYEKE leqembu laseNgilandi elidumileyo kuleliya lizwe iLeeds United ngokuvela kwezindaba zokudlula emhlabeni kukaPhilemon “Chippa” Masinga owazakhela olukhulu udumo eqhulula amagoli emaqenjini amanengi akuleli lawaphetsheya kwezilwandle.
UMasinga, odlule emhlabeni izolo eleminyaka engu-49 ubudala ngemva kokugula isikhathi eside ephethwe yisifo esingazange sivezwe, wayengagcini ngokuwaqhulula kulamaqembu ahlukeneyo khepha lakuBafana Bafana ubesenza okufanayo.
UMasinga ubengeniswe eTshepong Hospital eseKlerksdorp kodwa waphinde wadluliselwa eParktown Hospital lapho atshonele khona.
Uhamba emhlabeni nje, inkalakatha yeshoti ayitshaya iBafana Bafana ibhekane leCongo-Brazzaville ngo-1997 isesezingqondweni zabathandi bakanobhutshuzwayo kuleli kwazise yilo elenza owayengumqeqeshi, uClive Barker, wandizisa okwendizamtshina ekhombisa ukuthi siyaya eFrance lapho okwakuzodlalelwa khona iNdebe yoMhlaba okokuqala ngqa kukhona leNingizimu Afrika ngo-1998.
ILeeds uMasinga adlale kuyo ikhale kakhulu ngokutshona kwalumdlali abasamchaza njengomuntu olilunga lomdeni wabo. Ngalesi sikhathi uMasinga wayedlalela iqembu elilodwa loLucas Radebe.
“Kusethusile futhi kusitshayile ukuzwa izindaba ezimbi zokutshona kukaPhil. Singumdeni kuLeeds ngakho-ke okwehlele umdeni wakoMasinga kuyafana lokusehleleyo. Njengamanje sicabanga ngokukhulu ukujula ngaye lomdeni awutshiye ngemuva,” sitsho kanje isitatimende saleli qembu uMasinga alidlalele kusuka ngo-1994.
Ngemva kokudlala kahle kuLeeds lapho ayesayiniswe khona uHoward Wilkinson utshiyile waya kuSt Gallen yaseSwitzerland. Kahlalanga lapho wadlulela kuSalernitana leBari yase-Italy.
Udlalele iBafana amahlandla angu-58 watshaya amagoli angu-18. Umongameli weSouth African Football Association (Safa), uDanny Jordaan, uthe amancoko yiwona azomkhumbula ngawo uPhil.
“Lusuku olubi lolu ebholeni laseNingizimu Afrika. Ubemnene futhi ezimisele ukwenza noma yini ukukhulisa unobhutshuzwayo okuyinto abeyithanda kakhulu. Ubeyisibonelo ephakathi enkundleni yiloba ubesephandle kwelizwe bekuyinto efanayo,” kutsho uJordaan.
“Kulula kuleli ukuthi umuntu abizwe ngenkakha kodwa uPhil ubengeyona inkakha kithi sodwa khepha ubenjalo lasemhlabeni wonke jikelele. Akasekho. Alisekho iqhawe lethu. Akukuhle lokhu kodwa ngoba kuyintando yoMdali sithi kulungile. Silahlekelwe sonke kodwa umdeni wakhe lebhola laseNingizimu Afrika kutshayekile,” kutsho uBhuddha Mathathe weSouth African Masters and Legends.
“Kubuhlungu ezinhliziyweni zethu ukuthi sivuka ngezindaba ezimbi kanje. Siyohlala simkhumbulela into eyodwa uChippa, ukuqhulula amagoli,” sitsho kanje isitatimende sePSL.
UMasinga udlale emazweni abalisela i-England Switzerland lase-Italy kanti emaqenjini udlale kuMamelodi Sundowns Leeds United Jomo Cosmos ukukha nje phezulu.
Ubeyingxenye yeBafana elethe injabulo esizweni sonke ngo-1996 idlela ekhaya isicoco se-African Nations Cup (Afcon).
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