Ukapteni weDurban City uSiphamandla Ncanana.
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Ukapteni weDurban City uSiphamandla Ncanana uvumile ukuba uhambo lwabo kwiNedbank Cup lubamangalisile abadlali, kodwa wathi bavuna iziqhamo zomsebenzi onzima abawenze iinyanga.
Ethetha noonondaba ngoLwesithathu ngaphambi komdlalo wangoMgqibelo neCasric Stars (oqala ngentsimbi yesithathu emva kwemini), lo mdlali, 25, uthethe ngolu hambo obelungenakuqikelelwa ngabaninzi.
Indlela yeDurban City eya kumaqela amane okugqibela kule tumente ichazwa bubuchule, ukuzimisela nokukwazi kwayo ukungagquduzi xa umdlalo usondele ekupheleni. Umdlalo wequarter-final neGolden Arrows wabonakalisa loo nto.
Idlale ngokulingana ngo'1-1 emva kwexesha elongezelelweyo kulo mdlalo wobukhaya, iCity iphinde yazifumana ijongene neepenela ityeli lesithathu kule tumente. Baphumelela ngo'5-4, nangona bencitshiswe baba ngamadoda alishumi emdlalweni ngenxa yekhadi elibomvu abalifumeneyo.
“Kusimangalisile kakhulu sonke kodwa sidlale nzima kakhulu kule sizini ngoko ke kufanele ukuba sibe lapha. Ndicinga ukuba yinyhweba enkulu ukuma apha ngoku. Bonke abadlali neqela bayazingca ngale nto,” utshilo uNcanana.
Unozinti weqela, uDarren Keet, uzibonise njengomdlali obalaseleyo, ebamba iibhola zingangeni epalini. “Le yinto enkulu kakhulu kwiqela lonke. Andinakuthi ingaphaya koko besikulindele kuba sifuna lukhulu kuthi, ngoko ke besikulindele ukuba sibe lapha, kodwa ndicinga ukuba yinto entle kwiqela,” utshilo uKeet.
Kwabaninzi kwiqela bayaqalala ukufikelela kweli qanaba, into uNcanana akholelwa ukuba iza kongeza indlala ethile yokuphumelela. Ukapteni udlale kakuhle emva kule sizini, ingakumbi ekhaya eChatsworth Stadium.
“Kubadlali abaninzi, bayaqala ukufikelela kwisemi-final kolu khuphiswano,” utshilo, elumkisa ukuba iStars iza kuza kubo “ngamandla ayo onke.”
Umdlali uTerrence Mashego, owaphumelela le ndebe neTS Galaxy ngo2019, ngomnye wabadlali abambalwa kwiqela abaye bafikelela kumdlalo wokugqibela futhi uveze ukuba uza kuxhomekeka kuloo mava ukuze akhuthaze yena neqela lakhe.
“Le ndebe ayibekelwanga amaqela amakhulu. Yinto ebesihlala sikhumbuzana kwiqela,” utshilo uMashego. “Ngoko ke, kunokwenzeka ukuba nabani na aphumelele le ndebe.”
Umqeqeshi weqela, uPitso Dladla, uthe bagxile kumdlalo ozayo.“Sigxile kumdlalo ozayo,” utshilo.
“Okwangoku, siyaqhubeka namalungiselelo ethu aqhelekileyo nohlalutyo. Kodwa malunga nendlela esiwujonga ngayo umdlalo, ndicinga ukuba siza kugqiba ngaloo nto ngomhla womdlalo.”