The gamesmanship surrounding the South Africa Under-23 team playing a decisive U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Congo continued as David Notoane's team could not complete their training session after an altercation with their opponents on Sunday.
TimesLIVE is informed that the gamesmanship started ahead of the first leg in South Africa where, on Wednesday, Congo allegedly refused to leave the pitch in their “match-day minus-one” training session at Dobsonville Stadium. This delayed the South Africans' training session there ahead of the 1-1 draw at the same venue the next day.
On arrival the official in charge of the stadium allegedly failed to open the gates to the venue for a period of time. Notoane's team consequently began their session late. South African officials protested that their late start was beyond their control, and that in Johannesburg Congo had been allowed to train late.
The South Africans' bus ride back to their hotel was then apparently considerably shorter than the trip to the training ground had been.
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