Who is going to stop them next season? Maybe Orlando Pirates? ©Djaffar Lakjal/BackpagePix
Maritzburg boss questions Sundowns match
Someone is furious. A move to accommodate Mamelodi Sundowns’ CAF Champions League commitments has absent Farouk Kadodia.
Who is going to stop them next season? Maybe Orlando Pirates? ©Djaffar Lakjal/BackpagePix
Mamelodi Sundowns and Maritzburg United have a fixture problem.
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With the relegation axe hanging over Maritzburg, the Team of Choice have a chance to escape if they beat Stellensbosch FC and Mamelodi Sundowns.
The only big problem is the fixture date change for the Sundowns game. In an attempt to support the champions’ congested programme, the PSL decided to move the Maritzburg battle forward by four days.
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FAROUK KADODIA NOT IMPRESSED
Playing four days earlier than the three other relegation candidates would offer a massive advantage, and the Maritzburg chairman is duly fuming.
“We will fight to the end,” said Kadodia to the iDiski Times.
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“We have had so many obstacles about various things that we have, but we have to deal with that. Like the date against Sundowns, because they have put it on Tuesday, 16 May, four days before all the other teams fighting for relegation will be playing.
“You have to have all the teams fighting for relegation playing on the same day.
“I’m not fine with that because how can we be playing four days before? Look, I only hope that we beat Stellenbosch FC [at Harry Gwala Stadium on Saturday 15:00] because if we don’t beat Stellenbosch then we are out [relegated], there is nothing for us.
“But if we beat Stellenbosch, you can’t play four days before the other teams because that is very dangerous.
“I have written to the league but they said the dates were set for a long time, but Sundowns wants to play in the afternoon [on Tuesday] for the crowd to come and lift the trophy,” Kadodia concluded.
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