Imidlalo yeAfrica Cup of Nations edlalelwa kwele Ivory Coast iqhubekela phambili kuhlandla lesibili, second round, lapho iqembu elinqotshwayo lihle libuyele kibo.
Amaqembu amakhulu kwezenguqu kuzwekazi leAfrica iGhana, Cameroon leleGipite ebhuqwe yiDRC 8-7 ngembekwa (penalty shootouts) izolo ntambama wonke kunye leEquatorial Guinea enqotshwe 1 ka Zero yiGuinea kanye lamaqembu anqotshiweyo sevalelisile kulumncintiswano.
lMauritania linqotshwe ngele Cape Verde 1-0 emdlalweni odlalwe namuhla. Ebusuku iSenegal kaSadeo Mane idibana le-Ivory Coast.
Kusasa uthenjiwe weningizimu Africa iBafana Bafana yeSouth Africa iyabithobelane leAtlas Lions yeMorocco enkundleni ye Laurent Pokou Stadium kwele Ivory Coast.
EleMorocco elenza izimanga emdlalweni yenkezo yomhlaba ka2022 World Cup eQatar lapho elafika kuma semi-finals yalumncintiswano lidla amalangabi njalo liqede linganqotshwanga kusibaya sika Group F yemidlalo yeAfrica Cup of Nations. Owake waba ngumdlali olodumo kuqembu leHighlanders uZenzo Moyo uthi iBafana Bafana izakupha phansi
“Ha! leyana kungani ayila chance against Morocco angiyiboni isiba lechance iSouth Africa yiyo iteam asiyi sapotayo sibili but chance. Even kuma players unga compare ama players one one I think so far mbone ngani South Africa best player yami ngumfana lowu Temba Zwane Percy Tau mbone engani iform yakhe iyehlile so, bathemba abantu one or two but Morocco, eh, layo eh imidlalo yakhona iminengi kakhulu kuyatshengisa imidlalo isi-improved kuzwekazi leAfrica.”
UMoses Ncube umlandeli wenguqu uthi iMorocco izanqoba.
“Mbone engani iMorocco ingaba khonapha ngama favourites khonapha lami ngisouthern Africa kodwa South ngani ayila punch iCape Verde, ehe, eCape yiyo engijabulisileyo. Eh, wenzani empilweni manje? Ayi angenzi lutho. Uphila ngani? Ah, ngiphila mina ngingubhilida ngokwami.”
UCleopas Ngano uthi usekela iBafana Bafana kodwa ubona engani izanqotshwa.
“Initially I will sympathise with Bafana Bafana but ngiyakwazi ukuthi izadliwa but i-sympathise with them because baseduze lathi base southern Africa so atleast yibo engibazwelayo.”
Omunye njalo owake wadlalela iqembu leHighlanders leCaps United uGift Lunga Junior uthi imdlalo yeAfcon ibonakala ukuthi ibhola leAfrica selithuthulile.
“i-Afcon leyi u2023 tournament isifundisa ukuthi ibhora has improved ukuthi selitshintshe kakhulu njoba ubona ama big guns asephumile kutournament so early kutshengisela ukuthi amanye amazwe lawo ase improvile kakhulu sokusele elakithi lalo Izimbabwe ukuthi lalo libo ngengendlela okwenzala ngazo kuAfcon south africa layo yi one of the teams kade ngiyi supporter ile big task kuMorocco but ama chances akhona anything kuyayenzakala ebhoreni.”
ULungisani Khumalo uthi iBafana Bafana iyanqoba noma kanjani.
“IEgypt ikhitshwe yiDRC, iDRC besingayicabangeli ukuthi yinto engayenza kuegypt besikhangelele oMohamed salah singabantu esibabona emazweni kodwa hayi kutshintshile south africa injeyane ngumdlalo abawudlalayo hayi benga bopha ziqine labo bayakhatshana. Bengayitshaya Morocco yini. Bengayitshaya morroco mina ngiyala ngithi laphana iphuma Morocco ngeSouth Africa.”
Owake waqeqetsha iHighlanders uCosmas Tsano Zulu uthi iMzansi izadliswa yikuba lomqeqeshi omhlophe.
“Sebexotsha usix amakhiwa la because umuntu omnyama play yomuntu omnyama baba Sibanda as long ukhuluma ngesilungu ungakhulumi nge language ngolimi lika mamawakhe nxa ukhuluma ngesilungu kuhamba ekhanda lakhe ungakhuluma ngolimi lukamama kuhamba enhlizweni yakhe ukuthanda sitshintshe into ofuna ukumtshela yona lamatactics.”
Imidlalo yeAfcon edlalelwa kwele Ivory Coast ibukelwa kumabonakude emhlabeni wonke jikelele.