Amajita's road to Afcon victory marred by 'food poisoning'

Ahead of lifting the Afcon Under-20 competition cup, Amajita found themselves in a sticky situation in Egypt.

- By Bongani Mdakane

The entire team, including players, coach Raymond Mdaka, head of delegation and Safa NEC member Solly Mkhabela, team manager, Vincent Tseka, as well as the rest of technical support, found themselves paying never-ending visits to the Mercure Ismailia Forsan Island Hotel toilets in Egypt as grumbling stomachs sought relief.

Sunday World has established that the “food poisoning” was downplayed to spare Safa and CAF embarrassment and protect the hotel from bad publicity, as the incident happened during the crucial tournament of the Afcon 2025 championships.

The incident happened on May 14, the night before Amajita were to face Nigeria in the Afcon semifinals.

The situation was so bad that it is understood that the whole national team and technical team were going up and down banging on toilet doors to relieve themselves during the night at the hotel.

Insiders told Sunday World that the national team's rumbling stomachs caused a stink at the hotel, to the point that the team's medical doctor, Singe Chonco, had to work the whole night assessing the situation.

"Things were very bad at the hotel on that night. We ate the meal that contained liver and veggies in the dining room designated to us.