Kaizer Chiefs‘ second goal against Stellenbosch FC should not have been awarded according to former PSL referee Victor Hlungwani because Sage Stephens was fouled by George Matlou.
The much talked-about decision caused a lot of confusion after the assistant referee initially raised his flag after spotting the foul on the Stellies goalminder.
After consultation with the fourth official, referee Sikhumbuso Gasa overturned the assistant’s decision to give Chiefs the goal.
Dissecting the incident on Soccerzone, ‘The Principal’ agreed that the assistant referee’s decision should have stood and that Stellies should have instead been given a foul and not a goal against them.
“George impeded the goalkeeper. So, here if you challenge the goalkeeper, an infringement has occurred,” Hlungwani said.
“You see an assistant referee correctly positioned and the referee, but you see George not playing the ball, he plays the goalkeeper.
“When you challenge the goalkeeper inside the goal area, now flags comes out to say I have seen an infringement from George. You can see the infringement for yourself.
“The linesman now says I saw a foul, but the referee says I didn’t see a foul.
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“Now, what happens after here is that the review committee will sit and determine the correct decision.
“Here on Soccerzone we can tell you now that the correct decision came from the assistant referee for a foul.
“So, this was not supposed to be given as a goal, it should’ve been given as a foul.”
