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Cape Town - South African Football Association (SAFA) President Danny Jordaan has confirmed that the organisation will not contest FIFA's decision to order a replay of the 2018 Soccer World Cup qualifier between Bafana Bafana and Senegal if there is evidence of match manipulation.
SAFA released a statement on it's website confirming that they would not contest FIFA's decision.
The statement read:
Following additional information SAFA received from world governing body FIFA, the Association resolved on moral and ethical grounds that we cannot be beneficiaries of corrupt activities.
Therefore, we have decided that we will comply with the FIFA directive to replay the match against Senegal at a date to be decided.
We have however, noted that the official at the centre of all this controversy has appealed his case to the courts of law and if the courts overturn the decision, everything becomes null and void and SAFA will reserve its right to challenge the decision of FIFA to replay the match.
During the SAFA Emergency Committee meeting on Monday, there were two positions on the matter - whether to go the legal route since there are lots of unanswered questions from FIFA or the ethical and moral route.
SAFA’s zero tolerance on corrupt activities within football are well documented and it is in this light that we decided to comply with the FIFA directive.
SAFA has decided on ethical & moral grounds that if this match was manipulated, we should replay it.
— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) September 12, 2017
SAFA is however awaiting full briefing from FIFA on reasons of their decision
— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) September 12, 2017
