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Bosso unhappy with being forced to play in Harare
15 Oct 2014 at 02:45hrs | Views
Premier Soccer League chief executive officer Kennedy Ndebele said they decided to have the $500,000 Chibuku Super Cup semi-finals in Harare after deliberations with the sponsors and the official broadcaster, SuperSport.
All semi-finals will be played at Rufaro Stadium with FC Platinum locking horns with Black Rhinos on Saturday while Highlanders will play host to Harare City at the same venue on Sunday.
FC Platinum and Highlanders will be home-away in the capital after being drawn first for the last four.
"In deciding the venue for the semi-final we consulted the sponsors and the broadcaster (SuperSport). The broadcaster indicated to us that at the moment they're unable to go outside Harare because the budget set aside to cover the Premiership games has been exhausted. That's why you saw that last weekend there were no PSL games screened because of the issue," Ndebele said.
Highlanders who feel hard done by the development to play the cup game away said they will register their displeasure with the league.
"We incur lots of expenses when travelling away and yet we get nothing from the gatetakings to cover these expenses. I've been instructed by my bosses to lodge a complaint. We're however not undermining the sponsor but in future considerations need to be made so that we recoup our expenses. As it is we've a budget of $4,500 to travel to Harare that's for transport and accommodation yet we stand to take home far less than that from the gates," Gumede said.
"We played a number of tournaments away from home this season as part of spreading the game to other corners of the country and we thought this was the time to be afforded home advantage."
PSL officials are believed to be making more from these matches compared to what clubs are earning from the turnstiles.
Highlanders were home-away in the first round of the Chibuku Super Cup against Shabanie Mine who they beat 1-0 at Ascot Stadium in Gweru courtesy of a Pasca Manhanga strike.
Bosso were made to play in Gweru when they were booted out of the OneWallet Sup8r Knockout tournament by How Mine.
The only time they played a cup game in Bulawayo was their 3-1 win over How Mine in the quarter-finals.
Winners of the Chibuku Super Cup will walk away with $75,000 with the losing finalists taking home $50,000 while the two losing semi-finalists will each pocket $25,000. Teams that were knocked out at the quarter-finals stage will each bank $20,000.
Fixtures
Saturday: FC Platinum v Black Rhinos (Rufaro, 3PM SuperSport)
Sunday: Highlanders v Harare City (Rufaro, 3PM SuperSport)
All semi-finals will be played at Rufaro Stadium with FC Platinum locking horns with Black Rhinos on Saturday while Highlanders will play host to Harare City at the same venue on Sunday.
FC Platinum and Highlanders will be home-away in the capital after being drawn first for the last four.
"In deciding the venue for the semi-final we consulted the sponsors and the broadcaster (SuperSport). The broadcaster indicated to us that at the moment they're unable to go outside Harare because the budget set aside to cover the Premiership games has been exhausted. That's why you saw that last weekend there were no PSL games screened because of the issue," Ndebele said.
Highlanders who feel hard done by the development to play the cup game away said they will register their displeasure with the league.
"We incur lots of expenses when travelling away and yet we get nothing from the gatetakings to cover these expenses. I've been instructed by my bosses to lodge a complaint. We're however not undermining the sponsor but in future considerations need to be made so that we recoup our expenses. As it is we've a budget of $4,500 to travel to Harare that's for transport and accommodation yet we stand to take home far less than that from the gates," Gumede said.
"We played a number of tournaments away from home this season as part of spreading the game to other corners of the country and we thought this was the time to be afforded home advantage."
PSL officials are believed to be making more from these matches compared to what clubs are earning from the turnstiles.
Highlanders were home-away in the first round of the Chibuku Super Cup against Shabanie Mine who they beat 1-0 at Ascot Stadium in Gweru courtesy of a Pasca Manhanga strike.
Bosso were made to play in Gweru when they were booted out of the OneWallet Sup8r Knockout tournament by How Mine.
The only time they played a cup game in Bulawayo was their 3-1 win over How Mine in the quarter-finals.
Winners of the Chibuku Super Cup will walk away with $75,000 with the losing finalists taking home $50,000 while the two losing semi-finalists will each pocket $25,000. Teams that were knocked out at the quarter-finals stage will each bank $20,000.
Fixtures
Saturday: FC Platinum v Black Rhinos (Rufaro, 3PM SuperSport)
Sunday: Highlanders v Harare City (Rufaro, 3PM SuperSport)
Source - chronicle
