Ukongezwa kwemidlalo yeNdebe yeHlabathi kwi Bafana

Eyona nto ejolise kuyo iBafana Bafana yokugqiba iphulo eliyimpumelelo lokulungela iNdebe yeHlabathi yeFIFA ka-2026 iza kuza neenzuzo ezongezelelweyo.

Iqela lesizwe eliphezulu loMzantsi Afrika linekamva lalo ezandleni, lisonwabele ukukhokela ngamanqaku amahlanu phezulu kuGroup C kusasele imidlalo emine.

Okulandelayo yiLesotho ngoLwesihlanu eBloemfontein, phambi kokuba iNigeria ifike kumdlalo olindelweyo ngoLwesibini olandelayo kwesi sixeko.

Amanqaku amathandathu kule midlalo mibini aza kubeka iBafana kumanqaku alishumi elinesibhozo kweli qela ngemidlalo emibini eza kudlala kwiZimbabwe neRwanda.

Amanqaku angamashumi amabini ananye aya kuba namadoda kaHugo Broos ekhaya kwaye ome ngaphandle kokukhathazeka kokujonga phezu kwamagxa abo.

Nokuba i-20 inokwanela njengoko le yeyona nto iphezulu inokufikelelwa yiRwanda okanye iBenin ukuba bayiphumelele yonke imidlalo yabo eseleyo.

Lo mzekelo uza kwenza ukuba bobabini barhoxise omnye komnye njengoko beza kudibana kwinyanga ezayo, ngelixa izakukhupha iNigeria ngaphandle kwe-equation yokufaneleka kunye namazwe amabini ukudlala iSuper Eagles.

Elona lizwe linabantu abaninzi alinampazamo ukuba liza kugcina ithemba liphila kwaye lifuna amanqaku ali-12 aseleyo ukuze lidlale neRwanda, uMzantsi Afrika, iLesotho neBenin.

Kwi Bafana, ukugqibezela umdlalo wokuhluza ngokuthatha onke amanqaku esele iza kuwadlalela kuya kuza nenzuzo yokungena kuluhlu lwamanqaku angama-50 aphezulu kwiFIFA.

Sithetha nje iBafana ihleli kwindawo ye-56 kuluhlu lwehlabathi, nto leyo elingana ne-100 kwilizwekazi.

Ixesha lokugqibela iBafana ingena kuluhlu lwamashumi amahlanu aphambili ibiyinyanga yeDwarha ngo-2011 xa yabetha yaya kutsho kumashumi amathathu anesibhozo kunyaka nje emva kokusingatha iNdebe yeHlabathi.

Nangona kunjalo, elona nani liphezulu iBafana eyakha yaya kuyo yaba yindawo ye-16, eyayingo-Agasti ka-1996 kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa emva kokuphakamisa i-AFCON kumhlaba wasekhaya.

Amanqanaba alandelayo eFIFA aya kukhutshwa nge-18 kaSeptemba.

“Umdlalo wangoLwesihlanu kufuneka uphumelele, asinakukwazi ukuphulukana namanqaku xa sidlala neLesotho,” utshilo uBroos.

“Kwaye oko akuthethi ukuba ndiyamjongela phantsi lo mchasi.

“Le iya kuba yeyona mpazamo inkulu esinokuyenza ngoku yokucinga ukuba yiLesotho kuphela, kwaye siza kuphumelela.

“ILesotho idlale ngokulingana eNigeria kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye bangabamelwane bethu, kungoko kufuneka silumke.

“Kufuneka sigcine uxinizelelo kwabo bachasene nabo.

“Xa siphumelele umdlalo ngolwesihlanu, umsebenzi ugqityiwe, kwaye kuxhomekeke kubachasi bethu ukwenza ngcono kunathi okanye ubuncinci njengathi.

“Iyakuba yimeko entle kuthi ukuba singawuphumelela umdlalo ngolwesihlanu,” utshilo uBroos.

Emva kwemidlalo yokuhlungela iNdebe yeHlabathi, iBafana izakugqiba unyaka kumdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi we-AFCON eMorocco ukusuka ngomhla wamashumi amabini ananye kweyoMnga ka-2025 ukuya kutsho ngomhla weshumi elinesibhozo kweyoMqungu ngo-2026, apho izakuba ne-Angola, i-Egypt, neZimbabwe kwiqela layo.

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