Kopo responds to match-fixing claims against Plk City

Pretoria Callies head coach Kwanele Kopo has responded to accusations of match-fixing against Polokwane City on Sunday afternoon in the Motsepe Foundation Championship.

Plk City sealed the move back to the DStv Premiership after thrashing Pretoria Callies 4-0 at Old Peter Mokaba Stadium.

Rise and Shine ran riot against the Pretoria-based side and scored four goals in the first half make a return to SA’s topflight.

Polokwane City were in a heated race with Cape Town Spurs and Casric Stars to gain promotion to the Premiership and the Limpopo outfit prevailed on the last day of the season.

Meanwhile, Casric Stars and Cape Town Spurs will participate in the promotion/relegation playoffs to make a last push to get promotion.

With Callies conceding four goals in the first half against City, head coach Kwanele Kopo has admitted the performance by his men raised lot of questions.

KWANELE KOPO RESPONDS TO MATCH-FIXING AGAINST POLOKWANE CITY

“I know that I have addressed the players about possibility of these things[match-fixing] happening,” said Kopo on Metro FM.

“From the time we got out of the relegation zone, we knew that we have to face the teams that are fighting for promotion in Cape Town Spurs, Casric Stars and Polokwane City.

“But when you look at Sunday, anybody that is sitting at home watching TV and anybody watching from the stadium and you look at how we conceded those goals. It raise lot of questions.

“I think we enabled people to have those thoughts of selling the match through our first half performance.

Meanwhile, Kopo said he would never trade football results for money and he would rather starve.

“Anybody and everybody that knows me I would never ever sell the game, I would rather be poor with nothing than to sell a football match,” added Callies coach.

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