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IQEMBU lakuleli iScottland liphiwe ithuba lokudlala enkundleni eziphezulu kumdlalo wayo leKaizer Chiefs owenkezo yeToyota.
Umdlalo lo uzabe useRoyal Bafokeng Sports Palace eRustenburg, eSouth Africa, mhlaka 26 Ntulikazi. Leli lithuba elihle lokuthi intshantshu zeCastle Lager Premiership zitshengisele ukuthi kungani zibizwa njengengqwele zomdlalo wenguqu kuleli.
Kuzakuba lithuba elimqoka njalo kubadlali beScottland uKhama Billiat loKnowledge Musona abake batshibilikela iKaizer Chiefs, batshiya imbali enhle, bathola lezicoco.
Bobabili laba bazafuna ukutshengisa ukuthi lokhe besalitshova ibhola, njengalokho ababekubonisa enkundleni zeSouth Africa.
Ukuhlangana kweScottland leKaizer Chiefs kuyinto ekhangelwe njengempumelelo enkulu kubhola lenyawo kuleli ngoba Amakhosi alenhlonipho emdlalweni kuzwekazi le-Africa.
Kube zindaba ezimnandi ngesikhathi kusethulwa isimemezelo somdlalo lo ngoLwesibili emsakazweni weSABC, lapho abaxhasi bomncintiswano abaveze khona ukuthi bakhethe iScottland ngenxa yesifiso sayo sokukhulisa ibhola lokudlala ezingeni eliphezulu.
Abaxhasi laba baphinde bathi bakholelwa ukuthi ubudlelwano phakathi kweScottland leKaizer Chiefs buzanceda ukukhulisa lokuthuthukisa umdlalo webhola emazweni asezansi ye-Africa.
Ukudibana kwamaqembu la kuza ngemva kokuvakatshela kuleli okwenziwa ngumqondisi weKaizer Chiefs uBobby Motaung kumaviki ambalwa adluleyo.
UMotaung wathola isikhathi sokubukela iScottland njalo wamukelwa kuhle yiziphathamandla zaleliqembu.
KuToyota Cup kuba lomdlalo owodwa oqhutshwa minyaka yonke ngesikhathi amaqembu e-South Africa elungiselela ukuqala kwesizini entsha. Umncintiswano lo uqhutshwa yiKaizer Chiefs ngokubambisana leToyota South Africa ngenhloso yokukhuthaza ukubambana phakathi kwamazwe ase-Africa lokunika amaqembu ithuba lokuzihlola ngaphambi kokuqala kwemidlalo yeligi.
Iqembu le-Asante Kotoko eleGhana yilo elanqoba inkezo ngo-2025, kuthi iYoung Africans yaseTanzania yaba liqembu lokuqala ukunqoba umncintiswano lo ngesikhathi uqala ngo-2024.
Omunye wabahlaziya ibhola lakuleli uMehluli Mthunzi uthe iScottland kumele iphakamise njalo ibonise izinga lebhola lakuleli.
“Ukukhethwa kweScottland kuToyota Cup kubonwa njengelinye inyathelo elikhulu ebholeni leZimbabwe njengoba iqembu lizathola ithuba lokuzilinganisa lelinye lamaqembu alabasekeli abanengi e-Africa.
“Abalandeli bebhola sebekhangele ngabomvu ukubona ukuthi iScottland izakwenza njani lapho ibhekana leKaizer Chiefs emdlalweni engibona ukuthi uzaheha amehlo amanengi esigabeni laseSouth Africa.”
