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The Confederation of African Football has given the greenlight to Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo to host international matches, while banning Zvishavane’s Mandava Stadium and the National Sports Stadium in Harare respectively.
CAF’s unfair and brutal treatment of FC Platinum in this year’s Champions League has been exposed by the letter which the continental football governing body wrote to ZIFA just last month.
FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza is not fazed by Caf’s decision to condemn Mandava Stadium to host the Caf Champions’ League group stage fixtures and has urged the club to remain focused.
Shabanie Mine have issued a statement disowning some fans that were clad in the team’s regalia and rooting for FC Platinum’s Total Caf Champions League preliminary round second-leg opponents Clube de Agosto of Angola at Mandava Stadium last month.
Zimbabwe’s Total Caf Champions League representatives FC Platinum will use Barbourfields Stadium for their African safari in the event that Caf does not approve the use of Mandava Stadium.
Highlanders have been acquitted of charges of causing the abandonment of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against FC Platinum at Mandava Stadium in Zvishavane on May 28.
Last year, this showdown was for the championship with the winner taking everything and there was a buzz, in Zvishavane and in Harare, that followed the meeting. Today’s league meeting between FC Platinum and Dynamos hasn’t created the same hype.
Rahman Gumbo appeared a dead man walking yesterday as his world collapsed around him after a shattering Castle Lager Premiership home defeat that could effectively spell the end of his time at ambitious club, FC Platinum.
SUNDANESE giants El-Merreikh have stoked the flames ahead of the Champions League first round, first leg match against FC Platinum by declaring that they are here for an outright victory. The two sides clash at Rufaro on Saturday.
SUDANESE giants El Merreikh have joined in the dispute between Zifa and the Confederation of African Football by setting conditions for their Champions League first round, first leg clash against FC Platinum at Mandava.