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UKapinga uqala owokuqala kwiPirates koweChampions League

Kunikwe abadlali abangajwayele ukudlala kwi-Orlando Pirates njengoba izobhekana neJwaneng Galaxy yaseBotswana emdlalweni weCaf Champions League. 

Lo mdlalo obhekwe ngabomvu uzoba seBotswana National Stadium eGaborone ngeSonto ngo-3 ntambama kanti unesasasa elikhulu kuleli lizwe elingomakhelwane.

Kusengumlenze wokuqala walo mdlalo, kanti iPirates izodlalela ekhaya owesibili ngasekupheleni kukaSepthemba. 

Iqembu elizodlula phakathi kwayo neGalaxy lizobe selingena esigabeni samaqoqo kulo mqhudelwano ongomkhulukazi ezwenikazi. 

Nokho umqeqeshi wePirates, uJose Riveiro uwusebenzise ukubona abadlali abebengakalitholi ithuba lokudlala kule sizini. 

Epalini ubuyise uRichard Ofori kanti ebhentshini ucuphe ngoMelusi Buthelezi. U-Ofori ubeseke wadlala kuyo iChampions League. 

UButhelezi, osayinwe yiPirates kwiTS Galaxy, yena ubengakalitholi nhlobo ithuba lokudlala kuleli qembu lakhe elisha. 

Emuva maphakathi nenkundla ubuyise u-Innocent Maela obesevamise ukungena umdlalo usuphakathi. Umbophele noSandile Mthethwa odlala okokuqala kule sizini. 

Esiswini khona ubuyise uMiguel Timm obekade elimele nosanda kululama. Uthe ebuya ekululaleni, wafica uThabang Monare ebiyambe kahle kule ndawo. 

Khona esiswini uphinde wabophela uKabelo Dlamini noLesedi Kapinga ozobe edlala okokuqala kweZimnyama kusukela esayinile ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi. 

UKapinga ubekade ehlale iminyaka emithathu kwiMamelodi Sundowns kodwa elizwa ngendaba ijezi waze wacela ukukhululwa. 

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IPirates yabe seyigxuma imthatha ke. Phambili uqalise umgadli wasCameroon abalandeli osekunesikhathi bemkhalela, uMarou Soiaibou. 

Ibophele kanje iPirates: Ofori – Mthethewa, Xoki, Monyane, Mako – Hotto, Kapinga, Ndlondlo, Timm – Dlamini – Marou

Ebhentshini: Buthelezi – Eva Nga, Baloni, Shandu, Kimvuidi, Ndah, Makaringe