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Phunya Sele Sele has vowed to take the bull by the horn in the battle against the suspension of the Brazilian defender
Bloemfontein Celtic CEO Khumbulani Konco has confirmed that the club filed a ‘protest’ over the ineligibility of Mamelodi Sundowns full-back Tebogo Langerman to participate in the Nedbank Cup final.
Langerman was included in the Sundowns team sheet for the final last weekend despite accumulating five yellow cards that automatically meant he was suspended for the match at Orlando Stadium.
According to Konco, Celtic only realized when Langerman was about to enter that he really shouldn’t be on the team sheet.
Konco said they filed a complaint immediately and the documents were signed by both the match referee and the match commissioner.
“We filed a protest during the match and the protest was signed by the referee and the match commissioner. The basis is the fact that Langerman had 4 yellow cards [in fact five] but it was on the team sheet. We only realized this when he was about to enter, “Konco said. SA FM.
Without really going into details, Konco revealed that the club expects ‘the obvious result’, insisting that whether the ‘protest’ was presented before or during the game is what will be discussed internally, and is leaving everything to the PSL. Disciplinary Committee.
Under the PSL regulations, a protest must be filed at least 30 minutes before the start of the match, and anything signed after or even after the match is considered a complaint, as former PSL general manager Ace said on Sunday. Ncobo.
“We are waiting for the obvious outcome here … whether we saw the error before the game or not, that part is an internal matter and will form the basis of our protest. I don’t mean to say it was an oversight on our side, let’s deal with this after the case. “
“For clarity, the club has a team director, but let’s leave everything to DC and they will take care of this issue. We have also seen the results of previous similar cases, but it is no use that we deliberate on the matter.” . DC will handle it, “he said.
If Celtic had lodged the protest 30 minutes before the game, it is likely that Sundowns would have lost the game and would have been penalized with a fine.
But as it stands, Brazilians could get away with a monetary fine of around R100,000.
However, Konco is confident that DC will rule in their favor and, if not, the club is willing to “carry the fight to the end”.
“There are similar cases before that were won and there were others that were against, but this is DC’s business. As Celtic, we remain positive about the obvious outcome. We are also willing to take this fight to the end,” “he said.
