Benin Republic coach Gernot Rohr has urged FIFA to do the needful by deducting three points from South Africa for fielding an ineligible player in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
A possible points deduction hangs over the team after Mokoena featured in their 2-0 win over Lesotho. The 28-year-old should have been serving a suspension in that game after receiving a yellow card in their opening clash against Benin and another against Zimbabwe.
Speaking with Reuters, Rohr stated that he expects FIFA to have taken action against South Africa.
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“It is not normal that we don’t know the situation about the points on the log table before our games this week,” he said.
“It is very, very strange. Normally, SA should lose three points, and they [the points] should go to Lesotho. But nobody knows why they [FIFA] did not take this decision.”
Recall that Bafana lead the standings with 13 points, five ahead of Rwanda and Benin and six ahead of Nigeria, whom they host in a crunch game in Bloemfontein next Tuesday. Lesotho have six points, and Zimbabwe sit last on four.
