Times Of Swaziland: ‘BIRDS’ MABILA TOPS  SUSPENDED STARS’ LIST

‘BIRDS’ MABILA TOPS  SUSPENDED STARS’ LIST
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BY CHRIS DLAMINI on 14/02/2018 00:48:00


MBABANE – With the MTN League title race taking centre stage tomorrow between
defending champions Mbabane Swallows and Young Buffaloes, the former will be
without defender Sifiso Mabila.
They play different opposition but at the same time with Swallows against Midas
City and Buffaloes against Green Mamba at 6:30pm, respectively. Mabila, who did
not have the best of games in Maseru’s Setsoto Stadium despite his club
winning the first leg of the CAF Champions League against Bantu FC, will be out
of tonight’s clash.
He has been nabbed by the yellow card rule and becomes Swallows’ second player
in three weeks to be suspended by the PLS.
However, his suspension should not be much headache for coach Thabo ‘Koki’
Vilakati whose unbeaten side play First Division-bound Midas City as it seems
only a miracle can save them now – all it takes is one more defeat and they
are gone.
“Mabila is out along with Matsapha United’s Jimoh Moses and Manzini
Sundowns’ defender Paito Dube,” confirmed PLS COO Pat Vilakati.
He said for this week’s games, it was only those three who were found to have
accumulated three yellow cards which is a match suspension. Swallows’ General
Manager Sandile Zwane also confirmed the defender would not play a role in their
game with City.
Swallows, who are four points ahead of second-placed Buffaloes with six games
remaining, will then shift focus to the CAF Champions League second leg match
with Bantu FC at Somhlolo National Stadium next Wednesday, 4pm.