Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
ISafa ithi iVAR izobe isisebenza ebholeni elikhokhelayo laseNingizimu Afrika ekuqaleni kwesizini ka-2026/27.
UNgqongqoshe wezeMidlalo uGayton McKenzie uthembise iVAR ngesizini ka-2025/26 kodwa wahlehla ngoNtulikazi wathi uxhaso alukaphothulwa.
Ibhola laseNingizimu Afrika selizoba ne-VAR.
ISafa ibheke isizini ka-2026/27 ukuthi ubuchwepheshe buqhubeke kuPSL kanye neHollywoodbets Super League.
UMxolisi Sibam, ongusihlalo wekomiti lezezimali leSafa futhi oyilungu leNational Executive Committee (NEC), ukuqinisekisile lokhu. Uthe uhulumeni unikeze iSafa u-R20 million ukuze luqhubeke lolu hlelo.
“Uhulumeni ube nomusa kakhulu,” kusho uSibam. “Basinikeze u-R20 million wokusebenzisa iVAR. Sisezinhlelweni zokuphothula ukugunyazwa kwaleso sabelomali ukuze siqale ngomsebenzi.”
Kodwa abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bake bakuzwa lokhu ngaphambilini. NgoNhlaba ka-2025, uNgqongqoshe wezeMidlalo uGayton McKenzie wathembisa ukuthi iVAR izofika ngesizini ka-2025/26, wathi u-R90 million wawusuvele utholakele futhi ingxenye yakhe isifeziwe. Ezinyangeni ezimbili kamuva, watshela iPhalamende ukuthi uhulumeni “usaphothula uhlelo lokuxhasa ngezimali i-VAR.” Isizini ka-2025/26 yafika yaphela ngaphandle kwe-VAR.
NgoNdasa ka-2026, uMcKenzie wayesebuyile endaweni yesikhulumi. “Ngiphethe ubufakazi bokuthi ngikhokhile,” usho kanje.
Izibalo zoxhaso nazo zishintshile. Izitatimende zikaMcKenzie esidlangalaleni zikhomba u-R90 million. ISafa manje isiqinisekisa u-R20 million. Alukho uhlangothi oluchaze igebe.
USibam uthe sekuphele izinyanga eziyisikhombisa kuqhubeka isisekelo. Uthe imali ikwi-akhawunti yeSafa eseceleni. Uphinde wathi iSafa ayinazo izaba.
“Siyizwe elihamba phambili e-Afrika. Ngeke sisalele emuva,” kusho uSibam.
IMorocco, i-Egypt, iTunisia neMauritania isivele isebenzisa i-VAR kumaligi abo asekhaya.
I-PSL yatshela iPhalamende ngoLwezi nyakenye ukuthi akekho owake wayitshela ngokukhishwa kwalolu hlelo. USibam uthe kuzothintwa lolu phiko njengolusebenzisa kakhulu lolu hlelo.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Isiteshi se-VAR esisetshenziswe ku-Afcon ka-2020 eCameroon.
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