{"id":30638,"date":"2020-11-27T18:42:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/botswana-referees-for-fc-platinum-costa-do-sol-showdown"},"modified":"2020-11-27T18:42:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T16:42:09","slug":"botswana-referees-for-fc-platinum-costa-do-sol-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/botswana-referees-for-fc-platinum-costa-do-sol-showdown","title":{"rendered":"Botswana Referees For FC Platinum, Costa Do Sol Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>CAF has named Botswana referees to officiate in Saturday\u2019s Total CAF Champions League preliminary round first-leg match pitting Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League champions FC Platinum against Costa Do Sol at Zimpeto Stadium, Maputo, Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p>Keabetswe Dintwa will be assisted by his countrymen Kitso Sibanda (first assistant) and Mohomotsi Morakile (second assistant).<\/p>\n<p>The fourth official is Joshua Bondo, while Malawian Patrick Kapanga is the match commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Dintwa has been described by football officials in Botswana as a relaxed referee who doesn\u2019t get caught up in \u2018noise\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>His first high profile match was a Mascom Top 8 final between Gaborone United and Mochudi Centre Chiefs in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, FC Platinum landed at Maputo International Airport just before 4 am this morning in a charted Fastjet Airline that took off from the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport at 1 am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. CAF has named Botswana referees to officiate in Saturday\u2019s Total CAF Champions League preliminary round first-leg match pitting Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League champions FC Platinum against Costa Do Sol at Zimpeto Stadium, Maputo, Mozambique. Keabetswe Dintwa will be assisted by his countrymen Kitso Sibanda (first assistant) and Mohomotsi Morakile (second assistant). 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