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Former PSL referee Victor Hlungwani slams fan backlash after Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns controversy - 'People need to accept defeat with dignity'

Former Fifa and Premier Soccer League referee Victor Hlungwani has slammed Kaizer Chiefs supporters following the Amakhosi and Mamelodi Sundowns controversial clash.&nbsp;Downs beat Chiefs 2-1 over the weekend. During the match, referees made a couple of suspicious decisions and they were accused of favouring Masandawana.&nbsp;However, while the topic continued to be the talk of the town since Saturday, Hlungwani added more salt to Chiefs followers' wounds.

WHAT HAPPENED?

"Remember there are processes at Safa where they review all the games, when they review all these games they make recommendations with the technical committee, if the technical committee agrees with the recommendations that maybe the referee at, there are consequences, at times the technical committee agrees with the decision of the referee, so there's no crisis," Hlungwani told <a href=" https://www.sabcsport.com/soccer/news/victor-hlungwani-on-officiating-referees-are-scapegoats" target="_blank">SABC Sport</a>.&nbsp;"So people might say crisis because they have lost. Fifa fair play says accept defeat with dignity and try to play better next time. So referees are used as scapegoats, when people lose games they don't check how many chances they missed."I can't mention names, but I saw players missing many chances, but they now want to look at one mistake by the referee. We are human beings, we do make mistakes, but don't use us as scapegoats, accept defeat and try to do better next time," explained the former PSL Referee of the Season.&nbsp;"How many games have we played now? Dan Dance, he tried to say that Molangoane was not supposed to be sent off and we cleared it here on Soccer Zone, to say - that is dogso, so correct decision by the referee. Some people are complaining just for complaining, they are not giving us facts in terms of the laws of the games," he added.&nbsp;"Support your argument with facts, not emotions, so what we are seeing here is emotions, not facts. Until such time we get people giving us facts connected with the laws of the game, we will just say - people need to accept defeat with dignity and plan better next time."

WHAT WAS SAID

Hlungwani had first<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-za/lists/no-offside-mamelodi-sundowns-second-goal-in-kaizer-chiefs-match-was-correctly-allowed-we-can-see-the-leg-of-inacio-miguel-putting-lucas-ribeiro-onside-former-fifa-referee/blt6cc5e30b77ea6313" target="_blank"> delivered his verdict</a> on the argument that sparked from the match between Chiefs and Sundowns.On the other hand, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-za/lists/sports-minister-gayton-mckenzie-calls-for-var-introduction-as-mkp-s-floyd-shivambu-blasts-referees-after-kaizer-chiefs-controversial-defeat-to-mamelodi-sundowns/blt4bac2b2ed992f914" target="_blank">South African politicians</a> and former footballers such as Floyd Shivambu and Jabu Mahlangu, have also<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-za/lists/sports-minister-gayton-mckenzie-backed-after-calling-for-the-immediate-introduction-of-var-in-psl-where-is-the-safa-money-danny-jordaan-he-needs-to-go/blt55d989ac0a7b24ab" target="_blank"> raised their concerns</a> regarding match officials.&nbsp;It will be interesting to see how Safa and the PSL deal with the bad officiating going forward.&nbsp;

THE BIGGER PICTURE

As usual, the Safa review committee is expected to assess the match between Chiefs and Sundowns and provide feedback to the football lovers.&nbsp;Amakhosi fans will be waiting to discover their team's opponent for the Carling Knockout Cup. The fixtures will be announced following the launch scheduled for October 8.&nbsp;Moreover, they will be eager to see their team in league action again when Chiefs meet SuperSport United on October 26.

WHAT NEXT?

Former PSL referee Victor Hlungwani slams fan backlash after Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns controversy - 'People need to accept defeat with dignity' | Goal.com

The retired match official has defended his former colleagues against the attack from Amakhosi fans and some SA high-profile citizens. 

Former PSL referee Victor Hlungwani slams fan backlash after Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns controversy - &apos;People need to accept defeat with dignity&apos;