World football’s governing body FIFA announced on Monday that South Africa had forfeited a World Cup qualifying match against Lesotho for fielding an ineligible player.
In Group C of the African Zone qualifiers, South Africa is now trailing Benin on goal difference behind South Africa’s 2-0 victory on March 21 in Polokwane by a 3-0 defeat, leaving Lesotho in fifth place.
The FIFA Disciplinary Code’s disciplinary committee alleged that South Africa had violated Article 19 by playing Teboho Mokoena after the midfielder had received two yellow cards against Benin and then Zimbabwe.
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Source: Channels TV
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