Ugly scenes of violence reigned supreme during a league encounter between relegation haunted Tonota FC and Kazungula Young Fighters - a development that has got the potential of tarnishing the image of lower football in the country.For the past eight years, both First Division North and South have been running the leagues without a sponsor. The corporate world has been shunning the lower football until the diamond producing giant in Debswana came on board late last year.Mmegi Sport is reliably informed that both teams are at fault and liable for the violence that took place over the weekend. All the three match officials were either harassed or beaten as violence substituted silky touches synonymous with the world's most beautiful game.
Acting Chobe Regional Football Association chairperson Dintle Basinyi confirmed the incident that transpired during the referee, Goodman Kenneth's optional time."The game was over and it was not abandoned as others are saying," said Basinyi when contacted for a comment yesterday. Basinyi said at the time of the incident, Kazungula was leading by a solitary strike, a goal they scored in the 18th minute.Basinyi said the home side was on top of the situation when trouble started. The home side had found a second goal past Thabo Race, the Tonota FC goalkeeper through a counter attack.The second goal that came right in the referee's optional time did not go down well with Tonota skipper Tshireletso Salefoma who grabbed the referee and tore his shirt while involved in a scuffle.
