Sundowns received the encounter 2-1 however there have been some questionable selections throughout the game.
South African Football Association (Safa) head of referees Abdul Ebrahim has confirmed that officers that dealt with the DStv Premiership game between Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs have been taken off the refereeing panel for 4 weeks for poor officiating.
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Sundowns received the encounter 2-1 however there have been some questionable selections throughout the game.
Lucas Ribeiro’s objective ought to have by no means stood after replays confirmed that Peter Shalulile assisted him from what regarded like an offside place.
The PSL evaluate committee despatched former PSL referee of the yr Abongile Tom, prime assistant referee Zakhele Siwela and Khumusi Razwimisani for rehabilitation. Thando Ndzandzeka was the fourth official on the game that was performed at Lucas Moripe Stadium.
Ebrahim confirmed their suspension on Thabiso Mosia’s Game On sports activities present on Radio 2000.
“Yes, they may have been (mistakes) and the necessary recommendations have been made,” Ebrahim stated.
“Let me say the match officials have been rehabilitated for that one as well but the period is not that long, it’s a four-week rehabilitation programme.”
Officials in the game between Sekhukhune United and Moroka Swallows have been suspended for 4 months following a doubtful objective by the Dube Birds who received the game 2-1.
Siyabonga Nkomo and his assistants Kgara Mokoena and Thamaga Sebati allowed a objective to face after Swallows striker Gabadinho Mhango pushed Badra Sangare into his personal web late in the game.
“Yes, in a sense you can say that (they are suspended) but when you’re suspended, you’re taken away from something,” Abdul stated earlier than explaining what occurs when officers are placed on a rehabilitation programme.
“The assistant referee raised his flag that the ball had crossed the line but if you look at the angle the assistant referee had, he would have been able to see the contact. Besides the application of the law there is also positioning and reading error hence the review committee has come out with recommendations for rehabilitation.
“The reason we call rehabilitation is that we take them out of the national soccer league. They will not officiate matches in the national soccer league for a certain period.”
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Ebrahim added: “However, we have to keep them match fit. They need to be officiating so that when they come back from the rehabilitation programme they don’t come out cold. Let’s say they are rehabilitated for 8 weeks, we say to them ‘go back to the region and your province’ but have our senior match assessors go and assess them.
“After the programme, our technical committee will assign one of the technical instructors to work with the match officials during the period of their rehabilitation.”
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