Former PSL referee Victor Hlungwani is of the notion that two of the three decisions which left Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi fuming at match officials, should’ve indeed been awarded to Amakhosi.
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In his remonstration, the Tunisian mentor publicly criticized the officiating after Bradley Cross suffered a severe injury from Thabang Matuludi and equally believed they should have been awarded at least two penalties.
After dissecting three of the incidents in the City vs Chiefs clash, “The Principal” agreed that Nabi had a case in two key decisions against his side while the third was a correct call from referee Eugene Mdluli and his team.
“The way Matuludi went on Cross, it was more of a reckless tackle and boot-to-boot,” Hlungwani told Andile Ncube on Sports Night Amplified.
“So, when it’s boot-to-boot reckless tackle, the player must be cautioned. So, in this case, the player was not cautioned.
“Referee did not see it as reckless but when you sit on the footage, you can say it almost went to excessive force. The only thing that survived him is what boot-to-boot.
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“If it was above the ankle, a serious foul play will have come in because now he endangers the safety of an opponent.
“But he acted with disregard for which yellow cards would have come out.
“That’s the first one, so, Nabi there has a case,” Hlungwani said.
The next incident that caught attention as well was that of a penalty appeal from Chiefs after it looked as if Tebogo Potsane was fouled in the 18-yard area by Bulelani Nikani.
“The second one is on the 53rd minute. There is a penalty appeal where Nikani made a challenge on [Tebogo] Potsane,” Hlungwani added.
“If you look at that, the challenge, and you look at the ball, did the ball change direction? Did Nikani touch the ball? If the answer is yes, then there’s no penalty. If he did not get the ball and he got the man, then yes there is a penalty.
“So, when I looked at it, I saw Nikani getting the ball and the ball changed direction.
“So, Nabi does not have a case on this one,” he further added.
Lastly, Hlungwani was in awe of how Mduduzi Shabalala was cautioned for alleged simulation despite being fouled.
“The next one is Shabalala Mdu got a yellow card for simulation on the 76th minute,” he said.
“There was a challenge, late challenge where Mdu went to the ball, quickly got the ball and then he was kicked. And when he was kicked, the referee deemed is as simulation. Only to find when we do slow-mo you can see that indeed the player was kicked.
“So, to be kicked and get a yellow card, the law does not support. So, the player [Shabalala] was not supposed to have recieved a yellow card. He was supposed to get a free-kick for him.
“So, now he was kicked and even got a yellow card, I think that’s where Coach Nabi felt that the referee could’ve done better,” concluded Hlungwani.
