The match has been pencilled for the weekend of March 25-27 in South Africa, but if the Pharaohs have it their way the match could be postponed to June. Filgoal.com quotes Egypt's assistant national coach Hamada Sedki saying “The team must have suffered a dip in form after the league was halted so we want to put off the game with South Africa… We will send a letter to CAF on Wednesday. We will ask them to play the game in June should they accept our request,” Sedki said, oblivious to the fact that both countries are set to play each other in Egypt early in June, which means if the March fixture is postponed it could be shifted to an even later date. Egypt's friendly match against the United States in Cairo on February 9 was cancelled and the Egyptian League has been on a break in the wake of the political unrest in the North African country, which saw their president Hosni Mubarak being forced from power. However, the majority of the Egyptian clubs have reportedly agreed to resume with the fixtures soon. The clubs, though, have put forward some conditions to the Egyptian FA such as “The possibility of exceptionally annulling relegation this season” and “The possibility of resuming league matches behind closed doors”. South Africa are top of Group G after two matches, while Egypt is languishing at the bottom of the log after losing to Niger away and drawing their home match against Sierra Leone. Safa's director of communications Morio Sanyane couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
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thatz nt our problem, we also hit a dip wen Benni went to Mc Donalds, bt we ddnt ask for postponement
IN JUNE PSL GOES TO OFF SEASON......ISSUE ADRESSED,CASE CLOSED,REQUEST DECLINED.
its not coz of Mubarak , mubarak is gone
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caf deal with this Pharoas , disqualify them as they are already lunquishing bottom
blody prestitute addicts
caf deal with this Pharoas , disqualify them as they are already lunquishing bottom
The KHOSI One
AND lets not forget that the Egyptions played lots of friendlies than us. So this will give Pitso and the players more time to prepare and have Plan A,B and C. This is good news for Pitso and Bafana. He(Pitso) was complaining about having players in the camp 2-3 days before the match, so this will give him at least 5-8 days with the players.
If the game get postponed i think it should not be played at all and we must be given the 3 points cause we also going to municipal elections in our country. And Mubarak issue was less stressful than the one we are going to face.
FIFA should intervene.
Khosi, I may not have too many reason to argue or prove my point, but i have to disagree- it is now or never. We have to beat these egyptians while they still down- a lot is at stake. Remember how we beat France last winter? Yes winning competitively would be good, but reality is that bafana are hardly competitive because of general incompetence from grassroots level admin to Nemanthadani. So this is our only chance!
I will hold sacred the day Nemathandani leaves office, he is worse than Olifant! Hoping for the Stix morewa era again!