The former captain of the Senior National Team of South Africa Itumeleng Khune has asked the dismissal of whoever is responsible for the error of completing an inelectible player who will see them lose three points in the World Cup qualifiers, reports Owngoalnigeria.com.
South Africa presented Theboho Mokoena in the game against Lesotho, who won 2-0, but could lose the points and also receive three points due to the fact that he has collected two yellow cards in previous games.
If it happens, it will reduce its comfortable advantage in the upper part or only two points over Rwanda and, more importantly, only three points from Nigeria, whom they see as their main rivals in the group in the race to be in the 2026 World Cup.
Khune, while talking about the subject, said it was painful because it has happened before, but a little different at that time explaining how someone who was missing an email made them think that they had reached the AFCon just to discover that it was not so.
“When we were playing AFCon’s qualifiers, I remember that we think we stay with a game. We need a draw. We celebrated in Nelspruit thinking that we had described only to discover that someone from Safa ignored the email of CAF or FIFA declaring that the head to the head means that it cannot qualify,” said Khune Laduma.
“I am even having chicken skin now because I am becoming emotional because of such things. You know, as a federation, you must request such things in advance. You should know, and you must make us that the players have before moving to the field that there is the possibility that this happens or that this does not happen.
He regretted the same mediocre attitude could cost the team once again and asked who made the mistake to be fired from his role.
“The same thing that is happening at this time, that three points and three goals are deduced after so much hard work that was put on; someone must be responsible. Because we cannot continue taking 10 steps forward and taking 20 steps back. Someone must be responsible and someone must leave and tell the nation:” I regret to have cost the national team the three points and the three goals “, the former star of Bafana concluded.
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