Kick Off

ALSO LAST MONTH…

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• Swallows FC axe Brandon Truter after the team wins only two out of their previous 31 DStv Premiershi­p games. He is replaced by Englishman Dylan Kerr.

• Baroka FC send coach Thoka Matsimela to work with the DStv Diski Challenge side and replace him with the returning Kgoloko Thobejane.

• Chippa United suspend coach Gavin Hunt after a run of poor results and place midfielder Kurt Lentjies in charge of the team.

• Marumo Gallants appoint Dan Malesela as their new coach for the remainder of the season.

• Maritzburg United release midfielder Lifa Hlongwane after a mutual terminatio­n of his contract despite the fact he had featured in every game for them this season.

• Bafana Bafana midfielder Bongani Zungu plays his first competitiv­e minutes since April when he turns out for Amiens’ reserve side in the French fifth tier. He helps them to a 2-1 win.

• Premier Soccer League prosecutor Nande Becker announces his resignatio­n as of November 30. He said he was leaving “for personal reasons”.

• Former Bafana Bafana star Steven Pienaar took charge of his first match for Ajax Amsterdam’s Under-18 team as they claimed a 3-0 friendly win over domestic rivals AZ Alkmaar.

• Orlando Pirates qualify for the CAF Confederat­ion Cup group stages, but Marumo Gallants fall just short, going down 1-0 on aggregate to TP Mazembe in the final play-off round. Mamelodi

Sundowns and AmaZulu qualify had already qualified for the CAF Champions League pool stages.

• CAF move a step closer to shaking up the format of football on the continent after endorsing a controvers­ial plan to introduce an African Super League, though they are scant on details. • Orlando Pirates supporter Joy ‘MamaJoy’ Chauke ends her 32-year relationsh­ip with the Soweto giants and says she is now the number one fan of Royal AM.

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 ?? ?? ABOVE: Bafana Bafana captain Ronwen Williams consoles a distraught Rushine de Reuck after the defender’s controvers­ial penalty awarded by Senegalese referee Ndiaye Maguette led to a 1-0 Ghana win and ended South Africa’s hopes of reaching the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. FIFA rejected a SAFA protest against the performanc­e of the match officials.
ABOVE: Bafana Bafana captain Ronwen Williams consoles a distraught Rushine de Reuck after the defender’s controvers­ial penalty awarded by Senegalese referee Ndiaye Maguette led to a 1-0 Ghana win and ended South Africa’s hopes of reaching the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. FIFA rejected a SAFA protest against the performanc­e of the match officials.

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