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In this week's edition of Throwback Thursday Stories, Safa head of referees Abdul Ebrahim says this week's biggest football match in South Africa reminds him of an incident he will never forget.

The said incident took place on 9 December 2006 during a Soweto Derby.

The game that took place at the old FNB Stadium finished 1-1, as both Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs could only score one goal each.

Chiefs' equalizer came deep in injury time through Shaun Bartlett's powerful header.

That goal broke lots of hearts in the Amabhakaniya family, including the club's office who later wrote a complaint.

"I had a Soweto derby before, Kaizer Chiefs drew 1-1, at the old FNB Stadium, Chiefs scored with only 45 seconds to spare.

"It was a big thing because Orlando Pirates wanted to protest that the time should have been up, I think I added three minutes, and there were 45 seconds to go when Shaun Bartlett scored the equalizing goal.

"Remember Mr. Sylvester Ndaba use to be on SoccerZone on Monday nights, and he showed the time that when the ball was headed into the net there were still 45 seconds left.

"It was legitimate and there was nothing wrong with it, but you know how these teams are when they lose, or when they draw huh, it wasn't really the players it was more of the technical staff.

"There were no complaints from them on the field of play, the complaint came afterward to the Refereeing Department.

"But it was justified, the video footage showed that there was time left."

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