‘Muti-ball’ mars football's decisive weekend

The weekend was meant to crown national cup champions and anoint new Premier League arrivals, but football’s dirtiest mystery, muti, took center stage, tainting two high-stakes matches.

The most glaring scene unfolded under the floodlights of the National Stadium during the Orange FA Cup final between Security Systems and Jwaneng Galaxy on Friday eveving. With tension already suffocating the atmosphere, chaos erupted just before the start of extra time. Members of Galaxy’s bench were allegedly seen pouring a suspicious liquid into the south goalpost, the end where Systems were defending.