"I'm sorry": South Africa legend reflects on how he cost Bafana Bafana 3 points, 3 goals

• A erstwhile nationalist squad goalkeeper has berated the enactment of South Africa Football Association for their mediocre handling of method issues.
• Bafana Bafana fielded an ineligible subordinate successful their crippled against the Crocodiles successful the World Cup qualifying series
• The Lesotho Football Association has written an entreaty to FIFA aft failing to conscionable up with the 24-hour model

South African football fable has urged the country's shot authorities to apologise to the federation for the embarrassment caused by fielding an ineligible player.

Despite Bafana Bafana’s beardown show successful the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, this contention has overshadowed their achievements.

South Africa apical Group C of the CAF qualifiers with 13 points, Benin and Rwanda are connected 8 points each, portion Nigeria person seven.

South Africa fable Itumeleng Khune has spoken connected the fielding of Teboho Mokoena against Lesotho successful their World Cup qualifiers. Photo by: Eric Verhoeven.
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Khune unhappy with South Africa FA

Former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune has weighed connected the contented surrounding South Africa fielding Teboho Mokoena contempt being ineligible to play.

According to Goal, the Kaizer Chiefs fable said idiosyncratic successful the South Africa Football Association indispensable apologise to the nation.

The 37-year-old recalled a akin incidental that happened successful 2011 wherever they missed retired of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) per SoccerLaduma.

He said a message was sent to the Football Association from CAF stating that head-to-head does not qualify. He said:

“Someone indispensable beryllium accountable, and idiosyncratic indispensable travel retired and accidental to the nation, "I'm atrocious that I've outgo the nationalist squad the 3 points and the 3 goals"."Same happening that is happening close now, being deducted 3 points and 3 goals aft truthful overmuch hard enactment that was enactment in; idiosyncratic indispensable beryllium held accountable. Because we can't support connected taking 10 steps guardant and taking 20 steps backward.“When we were playing successful the 2011 AFCON qualifiers, I retrieve we thought we were near with 1 game. We needed a draw. We celebrated successful Nelspruit reasoning that we had qualified, lone to find retired idiosyncratic from SAFA ignored the email from CAF oregon from FIFA stating that head-to-head means you can't qualify”.

South Africa fable Itumeleng Khune said the ongoing contention has overshadowed Bafana Bafana's fantabulous show successful their World Cup qualifiers. Photo by: Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates.
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Lesotho caput to FIFA

The Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) has maintained that the world's shot governing assemblage FIFA indispensable deduct 3 points from South Africa successful the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Bafana Bafana featured Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Teboho Mokoena, violating FIFA regulations owed to accumulated yellowish cards.

South Africa battled hard to unafraid a 2-0 triumph implicit Lesotho successful their FIFA World Cup qualifier astatine Peter Mokaba Stadium past week.

Mokoena received his archetypal yellowish paper against Benin Republic successful November 2023 and his 2nd against Zimbabwe successful June 2024 per Sportwire.

Mokhosi Mohapi, the FA's wide secretary, stated that they anticipation FIFA volition travel its rules aft Bafana Bafana fielded an ineligible player.

The LeFA brag said successful an interrogation with Newzroom Afrika:

“First of all, you should recognize that the Lesotho Football Association is simply a subordinate of Fifa, which is successful bully standing, and truthful we are obligated to support the integrity of sports.

Zambia risks FIFA prohibition

Legit.ng earlier reported that Zambia might beryllium banned from FIFA because authorities officials are interfering with the country's shot administration.

Further reports accidental that the International Sports Council of Zambia (NSCZ), a authorities organisation, petitioned FIFA calling for the constitution of a transitional committee, an autarkic electoral body, and a thorough reappraisal of the Football Association of Zambia’s (FAZ) electoral process.

FIFA rules authorities that subordinate associations are legally obligated to oversee their operations autonomously, without interference from extracurricular entities, specified arsenic authorities organisations.

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