As a result sports people, football people, in particular, are frustrated. For example, everyone is waiting in anticipation for the Premier Soccer League (PSL) to resume. However, this will likely happen only after South African Football Association’s (SAFA) task team submits a report about the state of its readiness for football to restart in this country.
SAFA in conjunction with Premier Soccer League (PSL) will then submit a joint report to the world football governing body FIFA about the COVID-19 pandemic in South African Football. The safety of role players in football such as the players, match officials, members of the media and stadium management amongst other things remains of concern.
If FIFA is happy with all the above mentioned factors, it will then give South African football a go ahead to resume with football activities in this country.
Weekends are no longer the same without football. To make it worse, some of the PSL teams can’t even afford to pay their staff members, this including players and coaches. Bloemfontein Celtics is one of the teams that recently made headlines. As the situation stands, there are talks that the club might be sold out of Free State and this has brought anger and tension between the loyal club’s supporters and management.
In this region, TOUCHLINE doesn’t foresee football returning any time soon because of the illegal tournaments that are mushrooming in Sedibeng every day. This might be the end of many youngsters promising football careers should they test positive for COVID-19.
