Times of Eswatini

Tough pool game cancelled

It was brought to the leadership of the sport’s attention of the affected region lebese iyekhuta kutsi don’t experiment with people’s lives during games as they also have young players who are school-going.

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convince us to put together a piece for this edition because we’re all over the place. We’re in partying mode Gazi.

After all, we’re trying to drown our sorrows after the circus that has played itself out le-Sigwaca House this week.

Imagine tuning into SuperSport to watch a game and be told that the game will not continue because there are no referees. It can only happen in Eswatini.

Kukahle kutsi lama games angabi live vele.

Imagine such an embarrassi­ng moment being showcased to millions across the continent.

Before we become emotional about the drama yale Sigwaca which did not only bring our football into disrepute, but further watered down the efforts made in profession­alising the game, asivele sicondze endzabeni.

Gazi, it is no secret that belief in supernatur­al powers is rife in sport, especially football, but we never saw this one coming.

Official sources from the sport we sometimes play nasingcebe­lekile lemabhozen­i told us the unthinkabl­e.

Sisho yona i-pool is

“This is a joke. We can’t beat about the bush and say anything else when it’s clear that someone has no respect for clubs. I don’t know who, but the joke is out there for all to see and it’s not laughable, sadly. We’ve wasted time and money preparing for these matches and then there are no referees. How does this happen at a premier league level? It’s all a big joke. Sadly, we pay the referees as teams but where are they when they are needed? There are people who just take us for granted,” Tinyosi Manager Bongani ‘Chicken’ Sibandze bemoaned as his team’s Captain Mpucuko ‘Smoothies’ Dlamini and their rivals Moneni Pirates’ counterpar­t Menzi ‘Magawugawu’ Simelane had just signed a report of their cancelled MTN Premier League clash on Tuesday at the Prince of Wales Sports Ground, as match officials were not assigned to matches.

“It’s an unfortunat­e situation and we lament it as Premier League of Eswatini (PLE). As Carmichael I don’t make decisions on my own but advised by my Executive Committee and our membership. Here, we’re pushing the members’ mandate to try and finish the league timeously. We wish as PLE that everyone was on board for a grand finale,” PLE Chairman Mark Carmichael said when questioned what he thought of the EFA not releasing players and about disrupting the MTN Premier League games outside of the FIFA internatio­nal calendar.

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