The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) player Status committee has overturned the week 32 encounter between Young Green Eagles and Nkana giving the 2029/2020 Super League champions three points.
Nkana protested Young Green Eagles’ alleged use of an ineligible player who was serving a Red Card suspension according to a statement by FAZ Communications manager Sydney Mungala availed to the ZamFoot Crew.
“The FAZ Player Status Committee has overturned the result of the Week 32 match between Young Green Eagles Football Club and Nkana Football Club after the latter protested the home team’s alleged use of an ineligible player who was serving a Red Card suspension.
Young Green Eagles won the match 3-2 at Khosa Stadium.”
Before the match, the FAZ secretariat had waived the suspension and instead fined Young Green Eagles K5,000.00 which the club paid. Young Green Eagles had their eligible goalkeepers injured while another was on national duty with the Chipolopolo. Young Green Eagles requested a waiver and were granted to field the suspended player who sat on the bench during the fixture.
However, the Player Status Committee Chaired by Lusaka Lawyer and former FAZ Executive Committee member Lombe Mbalashi and deputized by FAZ Copperbelt Chairman and Executive Committee member Patrick Ndhlovu overturned the decision.
The committee further awarded the game to Nkana with a 3-0 scoreline.
According to a verdict by the Player Status Committee, the use of an ineligible player by Young Green Eagles in the match against Nkana was against the rules.
This meant that Nkana moved to 44 points before the final game against demoted NAPSA Stars Football club and Young Green Eagles Football Club move down from 42 points to 39 points before their game against Lusaka Dynamos Football Club.
The Player Status Committee has considered the evidence presented and rules that Nkana’s complaint has merit, and it has been accepted. The committee has made the following decision.
That the committee has overturned the outcome of the game by directing those three (3) points to be awarded to Nkana FC with a three-nil score-line.
FAZ has given Young Green Eagles 14 days to appeal the decision.
If its true that FAZ waived off the red card, it is double standard to over turn the result. I may not know the rule but to over turn even when the player in question was at the bench smels a rat. May be who made the decision just want Nkana to remain in the super league or he or she don’t like young green engles. The case needs justice if the facts in this report are correct
Which goes to show that FAZ like fp, has absolutely no idea what they are doing.