Zisuka nje kwisizini entsha, iMamelodi Sundowns yenze edumengazo! Emdlalweni wokuqala weDStv Premiership kwisizini entsha, iSundowns iquthise iSekhukhune United ngamagowuli amabini kwelinye emdlalweni obubanjelwe ePeter Mokaba Stadium, ePolokwane, kubusuku banamhlanje. Emzuzwini weshumi elinanye kwisigaba sokuqala, uPeter Shalulile ufake igowuli lokuqala ngepena. Oku kwenzeke emva kokuba uEdwin Gyimah ebambe ibhola ngesandla ebisukelwa ngumdlali weSundowns omtsha ogama linguRibeiro Costa Lucas. Igowuli elizuzwe yiSundowns ibingumvuzo womsebenzi omhle owenziwe ngabadlali bayo kwimizuzu yokuqala yomdlalo. Kuye kwanyanzeleka ukuba iSekhukhune United izame ukuguqula izinto kwangoko – kodwa uElias Mokwana akakwazanga ukufumana igowuli lokulinganisa emva kwempazamo eyenziwe nguRonwen Williams emhlabeni wakhe.
Iintshatsheli zeDStv Premiership ezikhuselayo ziphantse zabhalisa igowuli lesibini ngebhola ekhatywe kakubi nguTeboho Mokoena ephambi kukanozinti. Emva koko izinto ziye zambi ngakumbi kwiSekhukhune ebibonakala ukuba izimisele ukulwa emdlalweni obusekhayeni layo elitsha ePolokwane. UVusi Mncube unikwe ikhadi elibomvu ngenxa yokudlala kakubi uMokoena nakubeni ibinguye obephethe ibhola ehlasela. Omabini amaqela ebenawo amathuba okufaka amagowuli kodwa kude kwaphela isigaba sokuqala iSundowns ihamba phambili ngegowuli elinye. Kwenziwe iinguqu ngamaqela omabini kwisigaba sesibini somdlalo. Umqeqeshi weSekhukhune ufake uTiklas Thutlwa endaweni kaRally Bwalya. Kanti yona iSundowns ifake uThapelo Maseko ofikayo endaweni ka-Aubrey Modiba.
Ukungena kwakhe kukhawuleze kwenza umahluko kwiSundowns ngoba ufumene ibhola ayinike uCosta Lucas ofake igowuli lakhe lokuqala. Emva kwemizuzwana embalwa, uJamie Webber ufake igowuli leSekhukhune United ebidontsa nzima emva kokulahlekelwa ngumdlali kwisigaba sokuqala. Iphose elinye ithuba lokubhalisa ebhodini iSundowns xeshikweni uThemba Zwane enikela uShalulile oye akakwazi ukuyifumana ngonyawo lwakhe esendaweni entle ebhokisini. URivaldo Coetze uye wakhutshwa emdlalweni ngusompempe atsho omabini amaqela adlala ngabadlali abalinganayo. Kodwa ke ekugqibeleni, iSundowns iwuphumelele umdlalo ngamagowuli amabini kwelinye. Bazamile ukulwa abadlali beSekhukhune kwizigaba zozibini zomdlalo – kodwa babethwa kukungapheleli nokuba bebedlala neSundowns ebizimisele nayo emdlalweni.
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