At a press conference on Monday 13 July, Premier Soccer League chairman Irvin Khoza confirmed that Gauteng will host the remaining PSL games, which includes Absa Premiership and GladAfrica Championship games, as well as the semi-finals and final of the Nedbank Cup.
“When we submitted our applications to the government the board of governors’ resolution was that we’re going to play all the games in Gauteng and North West. But we did receive a very good pitch from KwaZulu-Natal, which was considered by the task team. Unfortunately, because the application had already been submitted, the venues were to be Gauteng and North West. As we speak now, the PSL has resorted to stick to Gauteng only because of the advantage that it gives,” stated Khoza.
However, Khoza denounced the critics, saying that football is a business, not a game and should be viewed as such. He further stated that the PSL has taken every precaution to mitigate anyone contracting the virus under their watch, adding that a person was more likely to contract the virus at a shopping centre than in the bio-bubble they have created.
Khoza said they had set themselves a six week/45 days timeline to conclude all the remaining fixtures. “What I am saying is that we’ve submitted the dates to Safa, that’s what we usually do, we submit fixture dates to Safa and what is happening is they’ve taken that information to the compliance officers for discussion.”
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