“Ngemva kokwenza amaphutha eqenjini lesizwe nasemhlanganweni wakhe, lo mgibeli oneminyaka engu-33 usetshenziswa kakhulu emadolobheni.”
“Umgibeli owake waba neBafana Bafana, uAndre Arendse, ucele abalandeli ukuthi bamSupporte umgibeli we-AmaZulu, uVeli Mothwa, ngemuva kwemaphutha akhe abiza kakhulu.
UMothwa wenze iphutha elikhulu emdlalweni weBafana Bafana wokulingana kuka-2-2 ngokumelene ne-Uganda ekuqaleni kwale nyanga. Ubephinde wenza enye iphutha emidlalweni ye-PSL ye-AmaZulu ngokumelene nePolokwane City ngoMgqibelo.
Nokho, umqeqeshi osiza kwiSuperSport United, uArendse, ucele abathandi bebhola baseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi bangamfaki uMothwa engozini kakhulu.”
“Lapho ngibheka umuntu ofana noVeli, kufanele simvikele. Ngiyazi ukuthi sengidlule kulokhu futhi awukwazi ukuzizwa unjengoba uVeli ezizwa, futhi uzokuzwa kanje isikhathi eside,” kusho u-Arendse enkonzweni yokuphetha umdlalo.
“Kwenze kwenzeka kimi esiteji esikhulu somhlaba jikelele. Ngiyazi ukuthi uVeli ubhekene nani. Futhi kufanele sizomsiza, kufanele simvikele.
“Noma ngabe ukukugcina udlala noma ukumnika ukuphumula, ukukhuluma naye nokwakha ubuqotho bakhe. Into eyodwa ngokuqapha yi ukuthi iyinsalela, ngoba ayikho imikhawulo yokwehluleka,” kuchaza umqeqeshi wesizini yeBidvest Wits.
“Ngenkathi sithuthukisa abantu, kufanele sivumele amaphutha ngoba kuyokwenzeka, futhi uma siqala ukwephula abantu, lokho ngeke kusize inzuzo yezeMidlalo zethu.”
“Lokho akukhulumi kahle ngoVeli njengomgibeli omubi. Kufanele sibe ngabantu abasiza abanye. Ngakwenza lokho ngesikhathi esithile, futhi angishayi lokho ngoba ungumgibeli wami, ngiyasho lokho ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi angakwenza,” uqhubeke u-Arendse.
“Kufanele siqonde ukuthi lapho besebenza eqenjini lesizwe, asikho lapho futhi asiboni ukuqeqeshwa.
“Asiboni ulimi lomzimba kanye nalokho abakwenza endaweni yokuzilolonga okukhombisa ukukhetha ukuhamba nomdlalo othile. Ngizwe ukuthi uVeli ubengumlingani ophumelelayo ekuqeqesheni. Ngiyazi ukuthi uGoss angakwenza futhi bekungumanga.”
U-Arendse ubeyingxenye yeqembu leBafana Bafana elawine i-Africa Cup of Nations ngo-1996 futhi usebenze nabagibeli kusukela alahlekile emidlalweni ngo-2013.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMothwa ubeyiqhawe lapho iBafana iwina khona i-Cosafa Cup ngaphansi komqeqeshi wamanje weJwaneng Galaxy, uMorena Ramoreboli, ngo-2021.
Umgibeli owayengowakwaChippa United naye ubeyingxenye yeqembu lesizwe elawine umdlandla wesikhumbuzo ngo-2023 e-Afcon eIvory Coast ekuqaleni konyaka.
UMothwa uzobe efuna ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kwakhe kwamuva nokuzitholela ithuba uma eqala emdlalweni we-AmaZulu ophakathi kweSekhukhune United ngeSonto.
Uzozama futhi nethemba lokuthi uHugo Broos uzomfaka eqenjini leBafana kwi-2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers ezosukuma ngenyanga ezayo.
