COLLAPSED REF FOR SIHLANGU AFCON MATCH

MBABANE – CAF has appointed four Ghanaian referees for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Cape Verde later next month.

CAF is the Confederation of African Football. This will be Dominic Kunene’s troops’ first game of the new year but third in the qualifying campaign.
Despite an early correspondence suggesting that there was no venue in Cape Verde meeting the CAF standard, it was confirmed that the home country would host the game on Friday, March 24, 2023 at Cidade da Praia Santiago Estadio Nacianal.

Referee

According to a correspondence from the Ghana Football Association, Charles Bulu will be the centre referee and he will be assisted by fellow Ghanaian countryman in Paul Kodzo and Tijani Mohammed. Abdul Latif Qadari will be the fourth official. Gregorio Badupa from Guinea Bissau will be the match commissioner. The Referee Assessor was identified as Lemghaifry Bouchaab from Mauritania. Meanwhile, most people will remember Bulu without their memories being jogged. The latter collapsed while officiating a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match between Ivory Coast and Ethiopia on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Bulu, who has a FIFA badge, was stretchered off the field in the 80th minute after he lost consciousness. It was alleged that he collapsed due to the very hot weather in Abidjan.

The Ivorians were leading 3-1 in the six encounter before the match ended abruptly following the incident. The fourth official expected to replace Bulu was an Ivorian and could not take over due to a conflict of interest. As a result, the match had to be called off with 10 minutes left to be played.
Sihlangu, on the other hand, are yet to confirm the venue for the return match against Cape Verde, which will be played a few days later.

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