Ababengabadlali bomdlalo wenguqu kuminyaka esanda kwedlula bakhuthaza ukuba kuhlalwe kuqoqwa imidlalo enjengalowo obekhona ngempelaviki edluleyo lapho abadlali bakuleli abake badla ubhedu abadlale bezwana amandla labosowabo ababedlalela iqembu le Barcelona.
Ekhuluma lentatheli ngemva kwalumdlalo oqhutshelwe enkundleni ye National Sports Stadium ngeSonto njalo ophele zingutshiki lobhanqa 2 ka 2, osengumqeqetshi esebenzela elizweni lase Botswana uMadinda Ndlovu utshayele ihlombe abaqoqi balumdlalo esithi benze into eqakathekileyo kakhulu.
“Bayenze into eqakathekileyo kakhulu elizweni lethu lonke njalo basenze sahlangana singabaphilayo ekujabuleni – ezake zadlala ubhedu. Yikho ke ngibona angathi into eqakathekileyo, njengoba abantu bebanengi kangaka, yikubathandazela ukuba beyenze into efana laleyi lakusasa.”
Umdlali okhalelwe ngabanengi ukuba abe yingxenye yeqembu lamakhehla leli elidlale lele Barcelona uRonald Gidiza Sibanda, uthi ukholise kakhulu njalo ulethemba elokuba labantu ababukele lumdlalo bajabule kakhulu bembona esenza adume angakho.
“Sikholisile njengoba kade kuthiwe sizodlala lama legends eBarcelona yikho ngibona laba abantu ababuyileyo babhadala bakholisile ukusibona sidlala. Lokhe ngikwenza lokhu akumangalisi vele mina ngiyakwazi ukuthi ukupha abanye ibhola yikho engikwenelisa kakhulu.”
Owayengukaputeni weqembu le Highlanders osengumsekeli kamqeqetshi weqembu le How Mine uBekithemba Ndlovu uthi yena isifiso sakhe ngesokuba imidlalo efana lalo owangempelaviki iqhutshwe minyaka yonke.
“Nxa ungumuntu webhola ibhola kalipheli emuntwini kodwa ungabe usudinwa masinya. Ngokubona kwami kumele kwenziwe lokhu phose minyaka yonke ngoba yinto enhle kakhulu elizweni lethu kanye lakubadlali asebathatha umhlala phansi.”
Sikhangele ezinye indaba ezimayelana lomdlalo wenguqu: Iqembu le Harare City yilo eliphakamise inkezo ye Chibuku Super yalonyaka ngemva kokunqoba ele How Mine nge 3 ka 1 ngoMgqibelo okuyimpumela etsho ukuba liqembu yilo elizamela ilizwe le Zimbabwe kumncintiswano we Caf Confederations Cup ngomnyaka ozayo.
Kusenjalo iqembu elimela ilizwe emdlalweni wenguqu kucele labesilisa linqotshwe nge 3 ka 1 ngele Namibia emdlalweni oqhutshelwe khonale kwele Namibia ngoMgqibelo. Limpumela itsho ukuba iqembu le Zimbabwe linqotshwe kuyo yonke imidlalo emibili eyokuzwana amandla eliyidlale ensukwini ezedluleyo njengoba phakathi kweviki edluleyo linqotshwe nge 1 ka nya ngele Lesotho.