Umgibeli we Orlando Pirates, uDeano van Rooyen, uveze ukuba ukuthwala umthwalo wejazi elidumile leNo.3 kaThembinkosi Lorch kudinga ubuchule obukhulu. Njengomgibeli, uvan Rooyen uyazi ukuba le jersey ibalulekile, kwaye imikhwa kunye nemicimbi eyayihambelana nayo iyabamba. Umsebenzi wakhe omkhulu kwiPirates, umphosa kumphosa, ubaluleke kakhulu kumphosa kwaye kufuneka akhumbule ukuba ubani owayesebenzisa le jersey phambi kwakhe.
Uvan Rooyen ujoyine iPirates kwiKota yeMidlalo yePSL ka-2024/25, esuka kwi-Stellenbosch FC. Ukuze uphumelele kwiimeko ezinzima, uvan Rooyen ube neempumelelo ezibalulekileyo, edlala kwiimidlalo eziyi-12 kumjikelo wonke. Ukuphuma kwakhe kwiStellenbosch FC kuya kuba yinto ethakazelisayo kumphosa, kwaye uyazi ukuba umphosa wePirates uthi kumphosa umthwalo omkhulu.
Ijazi leNo.3 livulelekile emva kokuba uThembinkosi Lorch, umphosa ophambili kwiPirates, ehamba kwiMamelodi Sundowns ngoJanuwari 2024. Le mpumelelo ibenokuziphosa kwingozi, kwaye uLorch uthengile kuMamelodi Sundowns, apho waqala khona ukufumana iithiyori. Ukuhamba kwake kwagqiba umgca omkhulu kwiPirates, kwaye umphosa noLorch ubenokukhumbuza imikhwa yeqela.
U-‘Nyoso’ waphuma kwiPirates phakathi nosuku lwehlobo, ngoJanuwari 2024, kwaye wahamba kwiMamelodi Sundowns, apho waqala ukufumana iithiyori ezibalulekileyo. U-Lorch ungumgibeli ophumelelayo, kwaye ubungakanani bejazi le-3, eliqhutywa nguLorch, lisemagqabini kwezemidlalo yePirates.
U-Lorch wenza umphosa obalulekileyo kwiPirates, edlala imidlalo engama-158, efaka amagowuli angama-34, kunye ne-30 assists. Ube nesandla esikhulu ekuqinisekiseni iithiyori ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanywa neziyi-5, ezinjengeMTN8 kunye neNedbank Cup. Umphosa wakhe ophakamileyo, uLorch, waphumelela kwi-2018/19, xa wagqitywa njengomgibeli ophumelelayo wePSL kwiNdebe yeMidlalo.
UDeano Van Rooyen Uveza Umthwalo Othwalwa Yijazi KaLorch
Nangona kunjalo, uvan Rooyen uqhubekile nokuhlala kwiNo.3, kwaye ngoku uyamkela le jersey. U-28 ubudala, uvan Rooyen ube neempumelelo ezibalulekileyo, kwaye ujolise ekwenzeni umphosa omkhulu kwiPirates, ube nezigidi ezithile kumphosa, abamkhumbulayo ngokuqhelekileyo ngelixa ebizwa ngokuba ngu-“Umjida 3.”
“Xa ndandifike apha [kwiPirates], bekukho kuphela amanani amabini afumanekayo, inombolo 77 kunye nenombolo 3. Emva koko umphosa [uJose Riveiro] wandibuza, ‘Yimuphi umphosa ofuna ukuwuthatha?’ Ndathi 77,” uRooyen uthetha kwiPiratesTV kwiBucsCamp.
“Wathi [uRiveiro], thatha inombolo 3, ndathi, ‘Hayibo, ngenxa yomlando wejazi, ndicinga ukuba liza kuba nzima kum’. Kodwa ngelo xesha ndafumanisa ukuba ndingayifezekisa le jersey. Yayingumthwalo onzima, kodwa xa ndandivuma, ndaziva ukuba ngoku ndingaphumeza le msebenzi kwi jersey, iNo.3 jersey.
“Ngokuqinisekileyo, abalandeli beziqhenya [bembiza] Umjita 3. Kum, bekungeyona into elula kuba abalandeli bayandixabisa nalapho ndikhona apha kwiOrlando Pirates.”
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Le posi ibonisa indlela uvan Rooyen abona ngayo ukuthwala umthwalo wejazi leNo.3 kaLorch kwiPirates.
