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Curtworth Masango
EASTERN Region Soccer League chairman Davison Muchena has castigated all acts of violence after incidents that took place in a match between Grayham and Tenax.
The match ended in a goalless draw.
The centre referee, Blessing Tauro is believed to have been physically assaulted by Tenax staff including the coaches and players.
The coaches are believed to have disagreed with the way the referee was handling the match and reportedly attacked the match officials soon after the final whistle.
Speaking to the media, Muchena said: “It was unfortunate to see such incidents. We do not expect that in the Eastern Region,” he said.
“We are very particular about violence in our games. We do not condone violence in our games at all.
“What happened was very unfortunate and when you get a report that says the coach is the first one that hit the referee on the nose you get confused as to what world we are living in.
“I actually don’t understand it given the respect we have for the coach as a region and as a person.
“So honestly I don’t know what happened, however, we haven’t received any communication from the coach and both clubs. We received communication from the match commissioner.
“The report will also give us the details of who actually was involved in this fracas.”
He added,
“So I don’t want to comment more on these kind of things before I discuss with the teams. We will discuss this with the teams as quickly as we can to make sure that we solve these issues before the season ends.
“We have few games left and we would like to finish the league without any outstanding issues,” he said.
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