Mashamaite On Poor Referees And Brown Envelope Claims

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Former Premier Soccer League Footballer of the Season, Tefu Mashamaite says the standard of officiating hasn’t dropped, as it’s always been below par. Mashamaite enjoyed a distinguished career in the league for Bidvest Wits, Kaizer Chiefs and SuperSport United, and also had a stint in Sweden with BK Hacken. He will most fondly be remembered for his time at Amakhosi where he won a clean sweep of awards in the PSL in the 2014/15 season and lifted two league titles before his exit. “It was the same when I was playing, there’s no standard that has dropped, the standard has

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Mitrovic Sinks Pitso’s New Side

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Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a hat-trick to hand Pitso Mosimane’s his third straight defeat at Esteghlal FC. Mosimane’s side went down 3-0 to Saudi giants Al Hilal in the Asian Champions League, with former Fulham and Newcastle United striker Mitrovic scoring all three goals. While Al Hilal moved to 12 points from four games, Esteghlal stayed on just three. The defeat was the third straight loss for the Iranian giants since Mosimane took over after back-to-back league defeats. But Al Hilal are as tough as they can get, with the Saudi giants winning the treble last season and suffering just one

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Nabi – Should We Play Long Balls To Vilakazi?

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Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi says the thrashing to Mamelodi Sundowns was a learning curve as his side struggled to impose themselves. Chiefs were dumped out of the Carling Knockout Cup with an embarrassing 4-0 thumping by Sundowns as Iqraam Rayners bagged a brace, along with goals from Peter Shalulile and Khuliso Mudau at the Calabash on Saturday evening. And when questioned about what went wrong on the day, Nabi stated, that they are still looking to maintain their style of football, but the players weren’t able to execute their game plan of attacking Sundowns from wide areas. “It

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Mngqithi Plays Down Ronza Coincidence In Defeats

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Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi has quashed suggestions their defeats this season were due to the absence of Bafana Bafana captain Ronwen Williams. The goalkeeper, who kept yet another clean sheet straight after his return from Paris where he finished ninth in the Yashin Trophy category of the Ballon d’Or awards, is arguably one of the finest keepers in African football history. He’s been nominated for four awards at the 2024 CAF Awards and won the Goalkeeper of the Season and PSL Footballer of the Season for the 2023/24 campaign. And with Sundowns having lost three games this season, twice

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Fadlu Secures Another Win As Simba Narrows Gap On Yanga

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Simba SC head coach Fadlu Davids led his charges to a third consecutive victory following a hard-fought 1-0 win over Mashujaa on Friday. Having secured back-to-back wins against Namungo with a convincing 3-0 scoreline and a narrow 1-0 victory over Tanzania Prisons, the South African-born tactician was looking to bag yet another three points in order to keep up with league leaders and arch-rivals Young Africans. The win for the Reds of Msimbazi, courtesy of Stephen Mukwala’s 97th minute strike, was enough to see Davids and his men consolidate third spot and move to within just two points of Yanga

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Downs Ladies Secure League Title With Thrashing Tshwane Derby Win

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Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies have secured the Hollywoodbets Super League title for a record fifth time after thumping Matsatsantsa TUT Ladies 5-0 at Lucas Moripe Stadium. Andisiwe Mgcoyi and Rhoda Mulaudzi grabbed braces with Lelona Daweti scoring the other goal to see Sundowns confirm their dominance with 80 points with a game to spare. Jerry Tshabalala’s side has scored 112 goals and conceded just 12. Meanwhile, TUT are in 11th spot with 32 points also from 29 matches. In the only other game from the weekend, University of Western Cape (UWC) lost 2-1 to JVW FC. Keolebogile Putu and Jessica Wade

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Mosimane To Face Neymar?

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Pitso Mosimane and his new side Esteghlal could face Brazilian superstar Neymar in their clash against Saudi giants Al Hilal on Monday evening. The South African tactician has suffered two defeats since joining the Iranian giants and has another tough task at hand on Monday in the Asian Champions League when they will meet treble winners Al Hilal. Mosimane himself has fond memories of facing Al Hilal, beating them 4-0 at the FIFA Club World Cup with Al Ahly in 2022. However, on Monday his task could be made even harder by the return of Brazilian superstar Neymar, who is

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Pirates Charged By PSL

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Orlando Pirates have been fined by the Premier Soccer League DC after fans threw objects at the match officials in their 3-2 loss to Magesi FC. The shock loss saw the Buccaneers being eliminated from the Carling Knockout Cup in the Round of 16, with Magesi racing to a 3-0 half-time lead. The Buccaneers rallied back and scored two late goals, while a third one got rightfully ruled out for offside. There was a contentious penalty incident, which had players and fans expressing their anger with the match officials, and the reactions from the stands now resulted in a monetary

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PSL Make Important CKO Announcement

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The Premier Soccer League has confirmed dates and times for this year’s edition of the Carling Knockout Cup semi-finals. Richards Bay have been pitted against giant slayers Magesi FC with both sides set to fight it out for a place in the final on Saturday, 9 November, at King Zwelithini Stadium with kick off set for 15:00. Marumo Gallants, who eliminated cup holders Stellenbosch FC 1-0, take on Mamelodi Sundowns at 15:00 who themselves recorded a huge 4-0 win over Kaizer Chiefs. The two sides will clash at Dr Molemela Stadium on Sunday, 10 November. Join the iDiski Times WhatsApp

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