Stellenbosch FC coach Steve Barker admitted to being disappointed after the referee’s decision to allow Kaizer Chiefs late goal in their 3-1 defeat to exit the Nedbank Cup at the quarter-final stage on Saturday.
In the fixture at the Nelson Mandela Stadium, AmaKhosi scored two goals in stoppage-time to seal the last eight post. The second goal was a little bit controversial, since it looked like Stellenbosch goalkeeper Sage Stephens had been fouled before Pule Mmodi put the ball in the back of the net.
While the assistant referee had raised the flag signaling a foul and ruling out the goal, a further consultation with the referee allowed the goal to stand. The goal sparked Chiefs to life, and they sealed it when Mfundo Vilakazi made a solo run before scoring the third.
Ismael Toure had put Chiefs ahead in the 17th minute but the Stellies levelled matters when forward Andre de Jong, who had just been brought on, glanced a header past goalkeeper Bruce Bvuma.
“I’m not going to talk about the game… Two years ago in the MTN8 quarter-final we get a penalty in the 96th minute against Chiefs, at Danie Craven, and it gets overturned,” Barker said on SuperSport TV as quoted by idiskitimes.
“We play in the final against Pirates, they get a free-kick 5 meters in advance, it gets given. Today, the linesman puts his flag up for a foul on our goalkeeper, we can clearly see it was, it gets overturned.
“So what can I say? Thank you.”
The win enabled Chiefs to join Orlando Pirates in the last eight. Pirates qualified following a 5-4 penalty win against SuperSport United after a 2-2 draw.
Comments