Usuku olungelula kumaBhakabhaka njengoba imamelodi sundowns iqeda ukubusa kwe-Orlando Pirates kulo mncintiswano
SHEILA MHLONGO
DURBAN: IMamelodi Sundowns ibuyele esicongweni somqhudelwano weMTN8 kulandela ukunqoba i-Orlando Pirates ngamagoli amabili eqandeni (2-0), emdlalweni wamanqamu obuseMoses Mabhida Stadium eThekwini ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, 10 Okthoba 2026.
Lo mdlalo obulindelwe ngabomvu abalandeli bebhola laseNingizimu Afrika uphele ngokuthi iSundowns iphakamise indebe ebigcine ukuyinqoba ngo-2021, ngesikhathi iPirates ihluleka ukwenza umlando wokuwunqoba lo mqhudelwano iminyaka emihlanu ilandelana.
Amagoli eSundowns ashaywe nguTeboho Mokoena esiwombeni sokuqala kanye no-Iqraam Rayners oshaye iphenathi emizuzwini yokugcina yomdlalo.
UMOKOENA UVULE INKUNDLA NGESANGOLO LOKUQALA
Umdlalo uqale ngesivinini, i-Orlando Pirates izama ukulawula ibhola nokudala amathuba okushaya amagoli.
Nokho, kube yiMamelodi Sundowns ethole igoli lokuqala ngomzuzu we-11, ngesikhathi uTeboho Mokoena ethola ibhola ngaphakathi ebhokisini walifaka enethini.
Leli goli lifake ingcindezi enkulu kwiPirates, ebiphoqelekile ukuthi ilwe ukuze ibuyele emdlalweni.
Abadlali beSundowns baqhubeke nokukhombisa ukuzimisela, behlanganisa ukuvikela okuqinile nokuhlasela okusheshayo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iPirates izamile ukwakha amathuba kodwa yehluleka ukuwasebenzisa ngendlela ebingayibuyisela emdlalweni.
URONWEN WILLIAMS UBE YIQHAWE NGOKUVIMBA IPHENATHI
Esinye sezigameko eziguqule umdlalo senzeke ngomzuzu we-62 ngesikhathi i-Orlando Pirates ithola iphenathi.
UGamphani Lungu uthole ithuba lokulinganisa amagoli, kodwa unozinti weSundowns, uRonwen Williams, wenze umsebenzi oncomekayo ngokuvimba ibhola ebelibhekiswe enethini.
Lokhu kuvimba kube nomthelela omkhulu ekugcineni iSundowns ihamba phambili ngegoli elilodwa.
UWilliams uphinde wenza okunye ukuvimba okubalulekile ngesikhathi iPirates iqhubeka nokufuna igoli lokulinganisa.
Ukusebenza kwakhe kube ngomunye wemigogodla yokunqoba kweSundowns, njengoba iqembu lakhe likwazile ukumelana nengcindezi kuze kube sekupheleni komdlalo.
URAYNERS UVALA UMDLALO NGEPHENATHI
Ngesikhathi iPirates isazama ukuthola igoli lokulinganisa, iSundowns ithole elinye ithuba emizuzwini eyengeziwe.
Unompempe unikeze iSundowns iphenathi kulandela iphutha elenzeke ngaphakathi ebhokisini lePirates.
U-Iqraam Rayners, obengene esiwombeni sesibili, uthathe umthwalo wokushaya le phenathi ngomzuzu ka-90+4.
Akalenzi iphutha njengoba efake ibhola enethini, waqinisekisa ukunqoba kweMamelodi Sundowns ngo-2-0.
Leli goli libe yisiphetho samathemba e-Orlando Pirates okubuyela emdlalweni.
ISUNDOWNS IQEDA UKUBUSA KWE-PIRATES KUMTN8
Ngaphambi kwalo mdlalo, i-Orlando Pirates ibibheke ukwenza umlando ngokunqoba indebe yeMTN8 okwesihlanu kulandelana.
IBhakabhaka ibinqobe lo mqhudelwano amasizini amane elandelana, okuyinto eyenze yaba ngomunye wemidlalo ebinengcindezi enkulu kulo nyaka.
Kodwa ukunqoba kweSundowns kuqede lelo themba, kwaphinde kwabuyisela indebe ezandleni zeMasandawana okokuqala kusukela ngo-2021.
Lena sekuyindebe yesihlanu yeMTN8 emlandweni weMamelodi Sundowns.
Umqeqeshi weSundowns, uMiguel Cardoso, naye uthole indebe yakhe yokuqala emiqhudelwaneni yasekhaya selokhu athatha izintambo zokuqeqesha leli qembu.
ISUNDOWNS IHLABANE NGU-R10 MILLION
Ngaphandle kwenjabulo yokuphakamisa indebe, iMamelodi Sundowns iphinde yazuza umklomelo wemali engu-R10 million ngokunqoba lo mqhudelwano.
Lokhu kunqoba kubalulekile eqenjini eliqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza emiqhudelwaneni emikhulu yaseNingizimu Afrika nase-Afrika.
Kwi-Orlando Pirates, ukuhlulwa kusho ukuphela kohambo lwayo lokuvikela indebe ebiyiphethe amasizini amane.
Nokho, womabili amaqembu asazoba namathuba okuqhudelana kweminye imiqhudelwano yesizini ka-2026/27.
ETHEKWINI KUPHINDE KWABA YISIKHUNGO SEMIDLALO EMINCINTISWANENI EMKHULU
Ukusingathwa komdlalo wamanqamu weMTN8 eMoses Mabhida Stadium kuphinde kwagqamisa ukubaluleka kweTheku njengendawo yokusingatha imicimbi emikhulu yezemidlalo.
Amathikithi alo mdlalo abesephele wonke ngaphambi kosuku lomdlalo, okukhombise intshisekelo enkulu yabalandeli bebhola.
Imidlalo yalolu hlobo iletha amathuba emabhizinisini aseduze nezinkundla, okubalwa izindawo zokulala, izindawo zokudlela, abathengisi abancane kanye nezinsizakalo zezokuthutha.
UMasipala waseThekwini wawuveze ngaphambi komdlalo ukuthi ukusingatha imicimbi emikhulu yezemidlalo kuyingxenye yemizamo yokukhuthaza ezokuvakasha nokuthuthukisa umnotho wedolobha.
ABALANDELI BASALE NEMIBONO EHLUKENE
Kubalandeli beMamelodi Sundowns, ukunqoba kube yinjabulo enkulu njengoba iqembu labo libuyele ekuphakamiseni indebe yeMTN8.
Kubalandeli be-Orlando Pirates, ukuhlulwa kube yindumalo, ikakhulukazi njengoba iqembu belifuna ukuqopha umlando wokuwunqoba lo mqhudelwano okwesihlanu kulandelana.
Noma kunjalo, umdlalo uveze izinga eliphezulu lokuncintisana phakathi kwamaqembu amabili ahamba phambili ebholeni laseNingizimu Afrika.
UMPHUMELA WOMDLALO:
🏆 MTN8 FINAL – 10 OKTHOBA 2026
ORLANDO PIRATES 0–2 MAMELODI SUNDOWNS
⚽ Teboho Mokoena – 11′
⚽ Iqraam Rayners – 90+4′ (Iphenathi)
🧤 Ronwen Williams – Uvimbe iphenathi kaGamphani Lungu
🏆 Ompetha: Mamelodi Sundowns
💰 Umklomelo: R10 million
❓ UMBUZO KUBAFUNDI:
Ngabe iMamelodi Sundowns ibiyifanele indebe yeMTN8, noma i-Orlando Pirates ilahlekelwe ngamathuba ayo? Ucabanga ukuthi yini eguqule umdlalo?
