“When he fell, the arm was already [broken]. Something is broken; that’s it. But he didn’t fall on his arm. When he fell, the arm was already broken.”
These are the comments from Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso who has accused Kaizer Chiefs of not setting up to play football during their brutal 1-1 draw at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Wednesday.
Cardoso claimed Siphesihle Ndlovu’s challenge on Keanu Cupido, which ended his season, was worse than Jayden Adams’ tackle on Mduduzi Shabalala, which saw him sent off — but Ndlovu didn’t see a red card.
Chiefs have confirmed that Shabalala is in hospital, while Adams wished him a speedy recovery.
“That is different from what happened to the player [Mduduzi Shabalala] from Kaizer Chiefs because there is an action that is a correct yellow card on Jayden. But when he falls, he gets injured in the arm. That is completely different.”
Cardoso feels Chiefs were not there to play football but to kick his players, saying they did the same when they played Orlando Pirates last month.
The Soweto derby ended in a 1-1 stalemate.
Bucs’ coach Abdeslam Ouaddou criticised Amakhosi and blasted their tactics.
“We must protect the players who are willing to play football because what I’ve seen today, I don’t know if I can call it a football game or karate,” said Ouaddou.
“I don’t want to disrespect other sports, but today was not a football game.”
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