Orlando Pirates coach Mandal Ncikazi has hit hard at Simba FC for an alleged poor treatment meted out to his team following their 1-0 defeat in a CAF Confederation Cup first leg tie in Tanzania.
Ghana international goalkeeper Richard Ofori was in post as Buccaneers lost under controversial circumstances at the Benjamin Mkapa stadium in Tanzania.
It was a disappointing experience for the Buccaneers who went down 1-0 on the night after Shomari Kapombe’s penalty proved to be the difference!
Mandla Ncikazi, Orlando Pirates’ co-coach has since reacted to the defeat and opened up on the inhumane treatment his side were subjected to in Tanzania.
“I do not think we deserved to lose. One, as Africans, let us change this mentality that when opponents come to Tanzania, you are so hostile to them that you treat them like animals,” Ncikazi said, although he did not elaborate on the alleged mistreatment.
“We saw inhumane treatment everywhere we go. We were treated so badly, but this is a game of sports that should unite us. But what you get here are hostility and abuse.
“Why do Africans do this to other Africans? Do you really think the hostility that we get when we come here when Simba come to South Africa should we treat them that way.
“The treatment that we got from the stadium to the hotel, from the airport – why do you do this as Africans to other Africans, are we going to improve the football in the continent?”
