Two clubs, Matiyasi FC and Nsami Mighty Birds who play in the lower division in South Africa have been banned for life after playing a match of convenience which ended 59-1.
The said game according to a report filed by Soccer24 also produced 41 own goals in favour of Matiyasi FC who were chasing promotion to the ABC Motsepe League in South Africa.
A South African club in the lower division of the county’s football system, Matiyasi FC, has been banned for life after scoring fifty-nine goals in one match. Matiyasi FC, who were vying for promotion to the Provincial ABC Motsepe League, beat Nsami Mighty Birds 59-1, with forty-one of the goals scored as own-goals.
Both teams were charged and found guilty of corruption and contravening the association’s statutes. In the verdict, the clubs have been permanently banned from all football activities while the officials implicated from both teams have also been given a five-year suspension within the region.
Matiyasi FC, who was contending for promotion to the Provincial ABC Motsepe League, defeated Nsami Mighty Birds 59-1, with 41 of the goals coming from own-goals.
Another player who received a red card in the first half also scored a goal in the second half, leaving football officials perplexed as to how such a scenario could occur without any match manipulation.
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