Following
Sunday night’s news that Bafana Bafana could be handed a World Cup
lifeline due to FIFA’s investigation into Ethiopia, football’s world
governing body say that they can not give an exact date of when the
matter will be resolved.
The Black Lions are being
investigated after they allegedly fielded an ineligible player in their
win over Botswana earlier this year, and could well be docked three
points, reigniting Bafana’s chances of making it to the 2014 World Cup
finals in Brazil.
However, it remains to be seen when
FIFA will come to their decision with regards to Ethiopia’s alleged
wrongdoing, with a spokesperson for the organisation telling the Siya
crew that they have not set a date.
FIFA said, “Unfortunately we can’t
give a time frame for when it will be sorted. Every case is very
different and all we can say is that we can give an update as soon as
there is anything more that we can communicate. We know that it’s very
important and that team’s qualifiers are still ongoing, it should be
sorted before the next round.”
While the spokesperson could not
confirm when a decision would be made, they did confirm that, if found
guilty, Ethiopia are likely to forfeit their win against Botswana, as
well as face a fine from FIFA.
The crew will continue to monitor
the situation in order to see whether Bafana’s chances of qualifying for
next year’s showpiece in Brazil are dead or alive.
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