South Africa face ranking loss over Spain substitution blunder

Goal - South Africa are set to lose the Fifa world ranking points accrued in beating Spain on Tuesday because of an illegal substitution during the sides' friendly fixture in Johannesburg.

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redknight803999d ago

Hey alright, punish the 61st rank team for something the 1st ranked team did and the FIFA referee allowed...ah what perfect logic! I truly hope they don't lose the ranking points because SA totally deserves this win. Fine or punish the referee, don't take away the hard earned ranking points from a struggling African nation.

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KingPin3998d ago

LOL this is the thought among all South African football fans. theres a thought, when losing, just make illegal substitutions thus nullifying any points earned by the winning team.

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Computersaysno3998d ago (Edited 3998d ago )

Do you think Spain would do it with that specific intention? Really?

Spain, the World and European champions, worried about South Africa scoring some ranking points off them in a meaningless friendly?

Okaaaayyyyyyyyyy

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KingPin3998d ago

@Computersaysno

no, i never said spain is worried about south africa. where did i say that? lol

what i meant is that if any big team risks losing points against another big team they can just pull this nonsense and save themselves.

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GrizzliS19873998d ago

they will keep their points.

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