South Africa is stripped of three qualifying points in the World Cup after he had set up a non -close player against Lesotho earlier this year.
Tebeho Mokoena, a midfielder with South African Premiership side Mamelodi Sundowns, played on March 21 in a 2-0 win over Lesotho in the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
However, after being warned in qualifying competitions against Benin and Zimbabwe in the campaign, the 28-year-old should have served a ban of one match.
Why South Africa lost three points and was fined £ 9,345
The recording of Mokoena was requested by Lesotho and, after an investigation by the world administration body FIFA, Lesotho has received a 3-0 win.
“The FIFA-Disciplinary Committee has declared the competition in question that was forfeited by the representative team of South Africa with a score of 3-0”, read an announcement on the website of the organization.
“The South African Football Association has also been ordered to pay a fine of CHF 10,000 [£9,345] On FIFA, while Toho Taka has been published with warning. “
The decision means that South Africa is now in second place in the African qualification group C behind Benin, which leads to target difference. South Africa has 10 days to appeal against the decision.
Both teams still have two games in the race to qualify for the World Cup, with South Africa road to Zimbabwe on October 10 before they stood at Rwanda at home four days later. Benin visits Rwanda and Nigeria on the same data.
The FIFA-Disciplinary Code states: “If a team performs a player who is not eligible to participate (due to suspension, registration problems, nationality, etc.), the match is automatically forfeited. The standard result is a loss of 3-0, unless the actual result was even cheaper for the offensive team.”
Head coach of South Africa: “We have done something that we should not do”
While Benin’s manager, Gernot Rohr, criticized FIFA to act faster, “South Africa has to lose three points”, the German complained earlier this month: “What are his [Fifa] Wait for? It is incomprehensible ” – The official position has been more reconciling.
“Even if they just warn South Africa, it will be good,” said Mokhosi Mohapi, secretary -general of the Lesotho Football Association, at the BBC. “If they give us the points, it is so. [It would be] The icing at the top.
“There is no maliciousness, but it is just that we are looking for the rules that are being complied with. If we were defeating South Africa, that would not [they] do the same? “
Hugo Broos, the manager of South Africa, previously admitted: “We did something bad, we did something that we should not do.”
Mokoena is not related to the former Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth -defender Aaron Mokoena.
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