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At 37, with over 300 senior appearances and six seasons at TS Galaxy, Mpho Mvelase was asked the secret to his remarkable longevity in top-flight football.
What followed wasn't a speech about gym routines or recovery sessions โ it was an emotional breakdown in front of rolling cameras as the veteran defender reflected on faith, early marriage, and dodging the pitfalls of a flashy lifestyle.
From sharing a dressing room with Benni McCarthy at Orlando Pirates to overcoming a career-threatening injury, Mvelase lays bare the hard choices that kept him at the top when others said he was finished.
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This is one of those situations where law and legitimacy donโt quite align.
On paper, CAF may be within its rights, rules are rules. But football isnโt played on paper, itโs played in real time, under shared acceptance.
When Morocco national football team chose to continue the match after Senegal national football team returned from the walk-off, they effectively accepted the conditions of the game. The moment they stepped up to take that penalty, the protest,at least on the pitch, was settled.
Thatโs why overturning it later feels off.
Because:
Officials had the authority to act in the moment but didnโt
The game was allowed to reach its natural conclusion
One side lost on the fieldโฆ then won in the courtroom
It creates a dangerous precedent where matches are no longer fully decided on the pitch, but kept alive for legal reinterpretation after the fact.
So yes, it may be lawful, but it doesnโt feel sporting.
And in football, once you lose the sense of sporting fairness,
even a correct decision can feel like the wrong one.