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The South African soccer fraternity remains divided as to whether the Soweto giants Kaizer bosses He must be crowned Absa 2019/20 Premier League champion in case the season is eliminated due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
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When the season ended prematurely in March, the Chiefs held a four point advantage on his closest challenges Mamelodi Sundowns, with Amakhosi playing one more game than the defending Brazilian champions.
As FIFA has given governing bodies around the world until July 31 to conclude their leagues, it is increasingly likely that the South African Football Association (SAFA) and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) You will have to make an urgent decision on the best way to decide the outcome of the title race.
More clarity on that could come at a meeting between the two scheduled for Tuesday, May 12. Look at this space!
With South Africa currently at blocking level 4 and sporting activity only allowed at Level 1 under current published restrictions, that leaves exactly 80 days before the deadline to schedule the pending 54 Absa Premiership matches.
That seems like an unlikely scenario.
That leaves the authorities with basically two options: abandon the season and crown the Kaizer Chiefs champions. OR declare the season null and void.
Neither decision will be unique in that the seasons in France’s Ligue 1 and Belgium’s Jupiler Pro League were abandoned with PSG and Club Brugge, respectively, crowned champions, while the Dutch Eredivisie was canceled with no winner entered in The throphy.
It is understandable that Kaizer Chiefs supporters push, and push hard, for the first option.
Amakhosi currently sits on four PSL titles, tied with bitter rivals Orlando Pirates. It’s been a long drought for their next title since the 2014/15 campaign for the Glamor Boys celebrating their 50th anniversary this season.
For the rest of the league, and Pirates fans in particular, one can only assume that they will be “ neutral ” in the decision made or that they will encourage the season to be declared void.
That being said, various clubs will be interested in how Top 8 to be decided, while Baroka FC, Polokwane City, AmaZulu and Black Leopards in particular will be eager to learn how ascent-descent race will be resolved.
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in a Twitter poll contain Sport24 On Monday, supporters split as they decided the best way to solve the title race.
With more than a thousand votes cast, the ‘scrap it, there’s no winner‘the option had a narrow margin of 51% to 49% over’crown chief champions‘belief.
All prejudice aside, how do you think PSL should decide the 2019/20 title race, assuming the season won’t end before July 31?
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