Bafana have nation smiling again, but familiar incompetence continues to linger

I WAS sick to my stomach this week, almost to the point of gagging.

- ZAAHIER ADAMS

And that’s not because I am currently observing the Muslim holy month of Ram-adaan, where I’m required to stay without food and drink from sunrise to sunset.

No, it was instead due to the embarrassing situation related to Bafana Bafana midfielder Teboho Mokoena’s yellow-card controversy that could see the national football team be docked three valuable Fifa World Cup qualifying points.

For the uninformed, Bafana fielded Mokoena in last Friday evening’s 2-0 victory over Lesotho at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, despite the Mamelodi Sundowns star having picked up a yellow card in the previous World Cup qualifier against Benin (MDI) and a second in the following match against Zimbabwe (MDI).

Fifa’s regulations clearly indicate that a player who accumulates two yellow cards in separate matches must automatically serve a one-match ban.

Why was Mokoena then played against Lesotho? Was it an oversight? Was it delib-erate?

And more importantly, where does the blame lie for this incompetence?