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UBABAZA amandla eMultichoice Diski Challenge umdlali weLamontville Golden Arrows, uNkosingiphile “King” Gumede othuke kwaphela lasezwaneni ebizelwa kuBafana Bafana.
NgoMgqibelo ngo-3 ntambama iBafana izotshukana le-Angola emlenzeni wokuqala womdlalo wokuhlungela ukuzibekisela indawo kuCaf African Nations Championship (Chan).
UGumede (21) odabuka eCato Manor (KwaMasxha) uzobanga ijesi kuBafana loWayne Sandilands weMamelodi Sundowns loDumsani Msibi weSuperSport United.
Exoxa leSolezwe, uGumede ubonge amandla eMultichoice Diski Challenge. I-Arrows yenza kahle kulo mqhugelwano.
“Izindaba zokubizelwa eqenjini lesizwe ngizithole kumqeqetshi (uSerame Letsoaka) ngoLwesine ngesikhathi silolonga. Ngethukile ngesikhathi ngisizwa kwazise yinto ebengingayilindele ukubizelwa kwelesizwe. Ukubizwa kwami kutshengisa ukuthi akufanelanga uzibukele phansi nxa udlala kuMultichoice Diski Challenge ngoba ungangena kwelesizwe ngitsho udlala khona,” utsho kanje.
Unozinti uqale ukudlala esigabeni esikhokhelayo ngo-2011 esuka eqenjini lenkulisa ye-Arrows useke wadlala kwelesizwe kuma-Under 20 laku-Under 23.
“Ngimangele ngibizwa kuqembu lesizwe. Kudala ngafisa ukumela izwe lami kuBafana. Bengilalo ithemba lokubizelwa eqenjini elikhulu ngoba bengilokhu ngibizwa kuma-Under 20 lakuma-Under 23 kodwa bengingalindelanga ukubizwa kuBafana masinya,” kutsho uGumede.
KuMultichoice i-Arrows igila izimanga. Ihlezi phezu kwengalane ngemiklomelo engu-10 emidlalweni emine. Leli qembu selinqobe imidlalo emithathu ladlala ngokulingana kowodwa. Selitshaye amagoli angu-10 ladedela amahlanu.
“Ngifuna ukuthapha lonke ulwazi engingaluthola kuBafana. Ukubizwa kuthimu yesizwe ngizimisele ukuthi kungiphathise ngikhule ngiphinde ngiqhubeke ngisenza kuhle kuMDC,” kutsho uGumede.
Eqenjini elikhulu uGumede umiswe kabi nguMax Mbaeva noPhilani Zikalala. KuMulti Choice ubanga ijezi noRicardo Goos oyisethenjwa eqenjini lesizwe lika-Under 23 loSicelo “Kitenge” Cele.
UGumede kubhekwe ukuthi aphinde abizwe uma iBafana isitholana phezulu le-Angola emlenzeni wesibili wokuhlungela ukuzibekisela indawo kuChan eseRwanda ngomnyaka ozayo.
Umlenze wesibili umhlaka 24 Mfumfu 24 ngo-3 ntambama e-11 de Novembro Stadium, e-Angola. IChan ayikho ngaphansi kwekhalenda leFifa okunika amaqembu igunya lokwala labadlali bawo uma engathandi ukubadedela.
Kusenjalo amaqembu ePremier Soccer League (PSL) awazange ayiphoxe iBafana ngokwala labadlali bawo. La maqembu abelalo ilungelo lokwala labadlali bawo ngoba ayadlala ngempelasonto futhi akuyona impelasonto yeFifa.
Leli phephandaba likhulume lezikhulu zamaqembu ahlukahlukene zaqinisekisa ukuthi zibadedelile abadlali bazo. — Ubulembu
