Unethemba lendebe umlandeli weDowns

Sive Mkolozele

USive Mkolozele ngumlandeli ozingomba isifuba ngokuba ngumlandeli welinye lamaqela amakhulu eAfrika – iMamelodi Sundowns.

Le ndedeba yaseMdantsane ixelele I’solezwe lesiXhosa okokuba ithemba lokuba iDowns ikhusele indebe eyiphumelele kwisizini egqithileyo lisekhona.

Kwangaxeshanye, uMkolozele uphawule ngeenguqu ezenzeka kwiqela lakhe emva kokuhamba kwabadlali abaphambili.

NT: Leliphi iqela olilandelayo kwiPSL?

Sive Mkolozele: Elona qela endililandelayo yiMamelodi Sundowns kwaye abadlali bayo ndibathanda bonke kodwa ophuma phambili nguDennis Onyango.

NT: Waqala nini ukulandela iSundowns?

SM: Ndaqala ukuyilandela ngo2004. Eyona nto eyanditsalayo yindlela edlala ngayo eyohlukileyo kwamanye amaqela.

NT: Ayikabethwa iDowns kwimidlalo yePSL, ingaba uziva njani?

SM: Ndivuya kakhulu kodwa ndifuna benyuse umgangatho ngoku bangadlali ntanganye kakhulu kuba sinxanelwe impumelelo.

NT: Yintoni oyinqwenelayo kwiqela lakho kule isizini?

SM: Eyona nto endiyinqwenelayo ngoku kukuba sikhusele le ndebe yePSL; bazame nokuphumelela iNedbank Cup njengokuba izezona ndebe ezishiyekileyo kule sizini.

NT: Xa ujongile, ingaba akhona amathuba wokuyikhusela indebe yePSL?

SM: Ewe, akhona amathuba kwaye maninzi okuyikhusela indebe kuba sisahleli endaweni entle nangona sisemva ngemidlalo. Lo nto ibonakalisa ukuba amakhwenkwe kaJingles angaphinda ayikhusele.

NT: Iqela lakho liphumile kwiTelkom Knockout, inoba yintoni ebhide umqeqeshi?

SM: Njengokuba sisazi, sinabadlali abaninzi abatsha abasazama ukufunda indlela iDowns edlala ngayo. Umqeqeshi usakhangela abadlali anokuthi abasebenzise ekuvaleni izikhewu ezishiywe nguPercy Tau noKhama Billiat kuba ibi ngabona badlali ebesesixhathise ngabo phambili.