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UMQEQETSHI wamaWarriors uRamon Catala useveze okusenhliziyweni yakhe ngokunqotshwa kweqembu lelizwe yi-Democratic Republic of Congo, ebika ukuba kudalwe yikuthi abadlali kabazange bathole ithuba lokulolonga bebonke ngaphansi kwakhe.
IZimbabwe itshaywe 2-1 kumdlalo wokukhankasela ukuya ku-AFCON 2027, eNational Sports Stadium ngoMvulo ntambama. Iqembu lelizwe belidlala okwakuqala kuleli ngemva kweminyaka engaba mihlanu.
Ekhuluma ngemva komdlalo, uCatala uthe umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwamaqembu womabili kube yisikhathi iDRC esiqede idlala ndawonye, kodwa amaWarriors ahlangane okwesikhatshana kuphela.
“Bona sebeleminyaka emine kumbe emihlanu bedlala ndawonye njalo lokho yikho okube ngumahluko phakathi kwethu. Thina sileviki kuphela sisebenza ndawonye,” kutsho uCatala.
Uthe isikhathi eside sokusebenza ndawonye senza abadlali beDRC bazwanane kuhle enkundleni njalo baqondane kuhle.
“Yiwo umehluko phakathi kokwazana langendlela yokudlala kuhle nxa iqembu lithe lahlangana kulesikhathi.”
UCatala uphinde wakhuluma ngokuthi amaWarriors ahlohlwa ngesikhathi esifitshane, njengoba iDRC ifake amabhola womabili engxenyeni yokuqala yomdlalo.
Uthe amaWarriors azame ukulungisa umdlalo kungxenye yesibili kodwa umonakalo ubusukhona.
Ukunqotshwa kwamaWarriors kutshiye iqembu lidinga ukusebenza nzima emidlalweni elandelayo eye-AFCON 2027 qualifiers njengoba liqhubeka ngomkhankaso walo kuGroup E.
