Fate of cancelled match with BPL prosecutors
Boitumelo Khutsafalo | Tuesday July 26, 2016 15:14
The match was cancelled late in the first half following the injury of Chiefs midfielder, Arnold Mampori.
His injury left Chiefs with six players and the referee had to abandon the match as per the rules.
At the time, Rollers were leading 1-0 courtesy of Joel Mogorosi’s goal. Chiefs had brought seven players to the match with others said to be injured while others were either out of contract or have left the club.
Speaking to Mmegi Sport yesterday, Kemoeng said he received the match report from the match officials and was waiting for a report from the BPL secretariat who organised the match.
“We will then take the reports to the BPL prosecutors for guidance. I will also have to engage our legal advisor (Onkagetse Pusoentsi) so that he can also give us direction on the matter. Then after all that we can move forward,” he said.
The match was expected to put an end to the long running battle over who should be crowned last season’s champions.
However, the football fraternity was left disappointed once again on Saturday when the match was abandoned following Chiefs’ failure to raise the required number of players after Mampori’s injury. Chiefs last week wrote to the BPL seeking guidance on the status of the match.
They stated that at the time they had only six players eligible to play, but their plea hit a snag.
By Saturday they had seven players with Ayanda Molefe joining Mampori, Edwin Mokibe, Tshepo Baipoledi, Thatayaone Ramatlapeng, Ronaldo Fortune and Kaelo Kgaswane. The rest of the players are expected to be fit for action in the second week of August.