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Ukaputeni weBanyana Banyana, uLebohang Ramalepe, ukhale ngezinqumo ezingabavunanga ezenziwe ngunompempe ngesikhathi benqontshwa yiJamaica ngo 3-2 emdlalweni wesibili wobungani obuseMontego Bay ngoLwesibili ekuseni.
Iqembu laseSouth Africa labesifazane lingene kulo mdlalo libheke ukubuyisa izinduku kulandela ukuxetshulwa yiReggae Girlz ngo 3-0 kowokuqala wobungani odlalelwe enkundleni efanayo ngoMgqibelo edlule.
Kulokhu iqembu likaDesiree Ellis liwuqale kahle umdlalo, liphaselana kahle esiswini. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni kube yilo eliyibhakuzisa kuqala inethi ngeshodi likaLinda Motlhalo ngomzuzu ka-19, kwayiwa ekhefini lihamba phambili ngo 1-0.
UVyan Sampson utshayele iqembu ligoli lokulinganisa ngomzuzu ka-58, elesibili latshaywa nguDrew Spence ngoka-63, elesithathu laqhamuka kuKayla McKenna ngoka-76.
Kuthe usuyophela umdlalo, u-Amogelang Motau watshayela iBanyana igoli lesibili, kodwa besingasekho isikhathi sokuthi ithole elokulinganisa, iJamaica yanqoba ngo 3-2.
Okususe umsindo enkundleni kube yigoli lesibili leJamaica lapho kubonakale khona sengathi uSpence ulithinte ngesandla ibhola ngaphambi kokuthi alibeke enethini.
“Sizame ngakho konke okusemandleni ethu kodwa ngibona sengathi unompembe uwonile umdlalo. Ukube akakwenzanga lokho ngabe sikhuluma okuhlukile. Ngiyaziqhenya ngeqembu. Sizinikele ngokuphelele futhi salwa kwaze kwaba sekugcineni,” kutsho uRamalepe.
“Besihlangene kangcono. Emdlalweni odlule asikwazanga ukutshaya lelokubika igoli kodwa kulokhu sikwazile ukuthola amabili. Lokho kukhombisile ukuthi besizimisele ngesikhathi sizilolonga ukuqinisekisa ukuthi siyawasebenzisa amathuba esiwatholayo.”
Lena bekuyimidlalo yokugcina yeBanyana kulo nyaka. Izobuyela enkundleni ngomnyaka ozayo lapho izoqinisa khona amalungiselelo eWomen’s Africa Cup of Nations ezobanjelwa eMorocco ngoNtulikazi.-Isolezwe
