Thursday, February 3, 2011

faz unhappy with SAFA action

IN SPORTS NEWS:FOOTBALL  ASSOCIATION OF ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT KALUSHA BWALYA HAS DESCRIBED THE SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (SAFA)  AS ‘UNETHICAL’ AFTER HEARING THAT KENYA WILL NOW PLAY BAFANA BAFANA ON WEDNESDAY – DESPITE HAVING PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED A MATCH AGAINST ‘CHIPOLOPOLO’.
BURKINA FASO’S DECISION TO PULL OUT OF THE SCHEDULED MATCH AGAINST PITSO MOSIMANE’S SIDE IN RUSTENBURG SAW SAFA ANNOUNCE ‘THE HARAMBEE STARS’ AS THEIR NEW OPPONENTS ON LAST NIGHT.
BUT THAT WAS NEWS TO THE LEGENDARY BWALYA, WHO HAD BELIEVED EVERYTHING WAS IN PLACE FOR ZAMBIA TO PLAY KENYA IN NAIROBI’S NYAYA STADIUM ON THE SAME EVENING.
HE TOLD KICKOFF.COM THAT SAFA HAVE PUSHED THE CHIPOLOPOLO OUT OF THE WAY FOR THEIR OWN INTERESTS AND SAID THIS WAS NOT ETHICAL.
HE EXPLAINED THAT FAZ HAS ALREADY SENT OUT INFORMATION TO ALL THE PLAYERS IN THE SQUAD TELLING THEM TO REPORT ON SUNDAY FOR THE MATCH.
AND AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THE BAFANA SQUAD FOR THE MATCH, SAFA PRESIDENT KIRSTEN NEMATANDANI WAS AT PAINS TO POINT OUT THAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF ZAMBIA’S ARRANGEMENT.
KENYA HAS SINCE PULLED OUT OF THEIR FRIENDLY GAME AGAINST ZAMBIA THAT WAS TO BE PLAYED ON 9TH FEBRUARY IN NAIROBI AND WILL INSTEAD PLAY SOUTH AFRICA ON THE SAME DATE.
THE DECISION HAS BEEN ARRIVED AT AFTER SOUTH AFRICA’S OPPONENT BURKINA FASO PULLED OUT OF THE FRIENDLY GAME ALSO SCHEDULED FOR THE 9 FEBRUARY WHICH IS A FIFA CALENDAR DATE.
THE CHIPOLOPOLO BOYS WERE TO TAKE ON THE HARAMBE STARS IN A FRIENDLY GAME AS PREPARATIONS FOR THE AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFIER AGAINST MOZAMBIQUE.
THE MATCH WAS TO BE USED AS PART OF ZAMBIA’S PREPARATIONS FOR THE 2012 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFIERS.
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