Edwin Moalosi Denies Insulting Samuel Phiri
Edwin Moalosi Denies Insulting Samuel Samuel Phiri
Township Rollers’ midfielder Edwin Moalosi have denied and dismissed Tafic’s Samuel Phiri’s claims that he insulted his parents and called him mokwerekwere.
On a match between the two teams(Rollers and Tafic) on Tuesday, Phiri gave Moalosi one hot slap and claimed that the Rollers’ player insulted him.
he took to Facebook page to denyever provoking Phiri. He said, instead, he had asked the referee to ensure that Phiri quickly leaves the pitch after he had received the red card.
“If this is not what I said and if I said what he is accusing me of, why would the referee not hear those bad words that I would never say to anyone? And I have never ever in my life after so many tackles said such words; or even players that were closest to me to react since some were TAFIC players,” Moalosi said.
He further said the picture clears shows that the referee was closest to him than Phiri and that the referee would have picked the words. Moalosi even wondered why Phiri apologized through WhatsApp messages if he (Moalosi) had actually insulted his parents and called him names.
“First, if we remember well, it’s not the first time that this player displays this kind of behaviour and some players suffered career threatening injuries and leg breaks. (He) Did the same thing against Sankoyo okay, just because there was no video evidence he didn’t have to come up with a story that people can feel (sorry) for him,” Moalosi said.
He said Phiri poked him on the eye when he informed the referee that the Zimbabwean defender deserved a yellow card for the penalty foul.
“He kicks a player from behind, gets a yellow card and his own players yell at him for always costing them games. Same (with the) free kick before it was taken, he hits a player with a total boxing blow on the neck (dangerous sport) from behind unnoticed and the fourth official clearly catches the incident, he gets a red card (shouldn’t be on the field by any chance).”
Phiri’s actions sparked chaos in the field and resulted in two Rollers’ players Mogorosi and Msomi being suspended by BFA as well as Phiri and his coach Rapelang Tsatsilebe.
