Inengi labalandeli bomdlalo wenguqu lithi iqembu elimela ilizwe leBrazil yilo elizaphakamisa inkezo kumncintiswano wezizwe zomhlaba oqala ngeSonto elizweni laseQatar.
Osakhulayo uLebohang Moyo uthi abadlali abasakhulayo abadla amahabula yibo abenza iqembu leBrazil libe sesimeni esihle esokuphakamisa inkezo kumidlalo yalonyaka.
“Ngibona angathi iBrazil yiyo ezanqoba ngoba ilabadlali akwazi ukudlala ibhola abafana labo Neymar kanye labafana abancane abalomfutho oVinicius Junior.”
Umqondisi weqembu leToronto elidlala kusigaba seBulawayo Province Division 2, uAdmire Banda, uthi eleArgentina lizamangalisa abanengi ngokuphakamisa isicoco.
“Mina ngokubona kwami ngibona angani iqembu leArgentina yilo elizathatha. Lokhu ngikutsho ngoba amanye amaqembu afana labo Spain, Portugal le Brazil alabadlali inengi labo abaziwayo kodwa kuArgentina kungaba labadlali mhlawumbe abayisikhombisa abaziwayo. Bayilokhu esikuthi ngesilungu ngama underdogs.”
UCloudette Khumalo, othakazelela umdlalo wenguqu, uthi abagadli beqembu leBrazil yibo abazakwenza leliqembu kube yilo elizaphakamisa isicoco.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi iBrazil isingathatha ngoba singakukhangela kuhle phambili balabagadli abanengi abezinga laphezulu. Kumaqembu amele izwekazi laseAfrica asazi mhlawumbe iSenegal isingayafika kusigaba se-semi – final.”
Owadlalela iqembu le-Highlanders, uMkhokheli Dube, uthi akusoze kube lula ngoba manengi amaqembu aqinileyo kulumncintiswano.
“Kulamaqembu amanengi aqinileyo. Ungakhangela amaqembu afana le-Brazil, Portugal kanye le-Germany le-Netherlands, ngamaqembu alabadlali asebendawonye okwesikhathi eside, njalo mina ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuzabaphathisa kakhulu. Loba kunjalo iqembu le-Brazil liqine kakhulu okokuthi yona le-Portugal zilamathuba amahle awokufinyelela ku-final.”
Umdlali weqembu leHwange, uCanaan Nkomo, laye uthi ukhangelele iqembu leBrazil.
“Ngicabangela i-Brazil ngoba iqinile ikakhulu nxa sikhangela abagadli. Lendlela nje iqembu leli elibunjwe ngayo yenza sikhangelele ukuthi yibo abazathatha.”
Owadlalela amaqembu abalisa ele-Railstars, ele-Highlanders kanye lele-Dynamos, uMtewa Masiku, uthi uhamba leqembu leGermany.
“Umncintiswano weWorld Cup unzima kodwa mina ngisekela iqembu le-Germany, yilo engibona angani lingangifikisa kufinal.
Isizatho kuyikuba iqembu lakhona lilabadlali abezinga laphezulu.”
UButholethu Ngwenya uthi kumaqembu amele izwekazi laseAfrica ukhangelele iqembu le-Senegal kanye lele-Morocco.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi iqembu le-Senegal yilo okumele silikhangelele ngoba belabadlali abalesikhathi eside bedlala. Sengiyake nginanzelele ukuba amaqembu alabadlali abalesikhathi eside bedlala kuzinga laphezulu aqhuba kuhle njengalokhu okwake kwenziwa liqembu le-Cameroon kudala. Iqembu le-Morocco lalo ngelinye futhi elisesimeni esifanayo. Lilabadlali abafana labo Hakim Ziyech kanye lonozinti wabo uYassine Bounou.”
Iqembu le-France yilo eliphakamise inkezo kumncintiswano oqhutshelwe elizweni le-Russia ngo2018. Umncintiswano walonyaka ukhangelelwe ukuqala ngeSonto mhla zingamatshumi amabili usiya fika emaphethelweni mhla zilitshumi lathoba minwembili kuMpalakazi.