IBanyana Banyana isikulungele ukubhekana neNigeria kowe-WAFCON

IBanyana Banyana isikulungele ukubhekana neNigeria kowe-WAFCON

IBanyana Banyana ithi isiwulungele umdlalo owandulela owamanqamu omkhulu lapho izobhekana khona namaSuper Falcons aseNigeria ku-2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) ngoLwesibili e-Stade Larbi Zaouli eCasablanca.

Njengoba benendawo kowamanqamu kanye nesibhamu sokuvikela isicoco sabo sika-2022 emgqeni, iqembu likaDesiree Ellis selilungele ukuthatha uhlangothi oluhlotshiswe kakhulu lwezwekazi.

I-Banyana ifinyelele owandulela owamanqamu ngokunqoba ngo 4-1 sekukhahlelwa amaphenathi ihlula iSenegal e-Oujda, lapho ubuqhawe bukanozinti u-Andile Dlamini esindise amapali amabili ngemuva kokulingana kwamagoli.

Ompetha abavikela isicoco, abaphakamisa isicoco sabo sokuqala se-WAFCON eminyakeni emithathu edlule, bakhombise ukujabula, izihlabani ezinjengoLinda Motlhalo noKarabo Dhlamini ziqhubela iqembu phambili.

Manje, sebebhekene neqembu laseNigeria elaqumba phansi iZambia ngo 5-0 kuma-quarterfinal, ngamagoli ka-Osinachi Ohale, u-Esther Okoronkwo, nabanye bekhombisa ukuhlasela kwabo okubulalayo.

Lo mdlalo uvusa umqhudelwano omkhulu, lapho iNigeria ibambe khona ngo 3-1 ku-semifinal ye-WAFCON, nakuba iBanyana yashaywa ngo 1-0 ngo-2012 isalokhu ikhunjulwa.

Imidlalo yokuhlungela ama-Olympics yangonyaka odlule ibone iNigeria yadlula iNingizimu Afrika, kodwa u-Ellis akakhathazekile. “Silapha ukuze sivikele isicoco sethu,” kusho yena. “INigeria iyiqembu elihle, kodwa siyaphumelela ezikhathini ezinkulu. Amantombazane akulungele ukwenza uMzansi uziqhenye.”

AmaSuper Falcons, ajaha isicoco se-10 se-WAFCON, azishaya isifuba ngohlelo olushaqisayo, unozinti uChiamaka Nnadozie engakadedelwa lutho kulo mqhudelwano. Nokho, ukuqina nokuziphatha kweBanyana kungadala izinkinga. “Kuzoba yi-cracker,” kusho uMotlhalo. “Siyazi ukuthi yini esengozini – umdlalo wamanqamu kanye nethikithi leNdebe Yomhlaba. Siletha umlilo.”
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