Imbali ye Pirates yeCarling Knockout

Njengokuba i-Orlando Pirates isaphuma kukhuphiswano lweMTN8, ngoku ingene kwitumente ephumelele kancinane ezimbalini – iCarling Knockout – njengoko iKickOff ingena nzulu kwiintliziyo zayo.

Kuwo wonke umnombo wakhe wendebe, owayesakuba ngumqeqeshi we Pirates uJose Riveiro akakwazanga ukusondela kumdlalo weCarling Knockout.

Kunye namacala akhe ekhutshwe kwi-quarterfinals kunye noMjikelo we-16, ngokulandelelanayo, kwiintlelo ezimbini zokugqibela.

Ngapha koko, iklabhu ayiphumelelanga nayiphi na indebe yeLeague kubaxhasi bangaphambili kwiNPSL.

Nangexesha lePSL, kubathathe iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu ukuphumelela indebe yabo yokuqala nendebe ngolu hlobo, iTelkom Knockout ngo’2011 (ngoku ikunyaka weshumi elinesine bephumelela le tumente).

Abazange bakwazi ukuyibamba iRothmans Cup kunye neCoca-Cola Cup kwiPSL ukususela ngo-1996, iKaizer Chiefs iphumelele indebe yeRothmans kabini, ngelixa iMamelodi Sundowns yayibanga kanye.

Ukufika kwendebe yeCoca-Cola kuphinde kwathanda Amakhosi kwakhona ukusukela ngo-2001, ayiphumelela izihlandlo ezithathu, ngelixa iJomo Cosmos yayiphakamisa kabini phantsi kwembasa yeCoca-Cola.

Ngethuba iTelkom ingena njengomxhasi omtsha ngo-2006, amadoda eBlack and Gold aqhubeka ekhonya, eyiphumelela izihlandlo ezithathu ngo-2007, 2009 nango-2010 nenkampani yezonxibelelwano.

AmaBrazilians aphumelele iTelkom knockout kabini ngo-2015 nango-2019, emva koko yayekwa, uCarling wahlangula indebe yeLeague ngo-2023.

Noxa kunjalo, ayiphelelanga apho kwiBucs, ephulukene neyona midlalo yokugqibela yamagqibela kankqoyi ukusukela kwixesha leNPSL kwiLeague Cup (amatyeli asibhozo), kwixesha lePSL.

Ingakumbi ukubethwa kweAjax Cape Town ngo’4-1 kumdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi ka-2000 yaphinda yabethwa kwaliqela elinye ngo’2008 (2-1).

Baphulukene nomdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi ngo-2010 xa bedlala neChiefs, eyababetha ngo’3-0, yaza yoyiswa yiPlatinum Stars ngo’2-1 kumdlalo wokugqibela ka-2013.

IBhakabhaka liphinde labethwa yiBaroka FC, eyababetha kumapenela emva kokudlala ntanganye ngo’2-2 kwixesha elongezelelweyo ngo’2018.