Chaos for Chiefs as Team Experience Visa Delays Ahead of CAF Fixture
- Covid-19 is once again facing travel troubles during the CAF games due to Covid-19 restrictions
- According to reports, multiple Kaizer Chiefs players have not yet received a travel Visa to go to Morocco for their match against Wydad Casablanca
- With less than 12 hours before the team is set to depart, many of them have not yet received their Visas
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Kaizer Chiefs are once again facing travel problems as a result of the Covid-19 strain on travel regulations. The team is meant to travel to Morocco to face Wydad Casablanca for another CAF group C fixture in less than 12 hours.
According to a media statement released by the team, several of its members are yet to receive their travel visas despite the fact that they had applied for them well in advance, they also stuck to all necessary guidelines.
"Kaizer Chiefs made all the necessary arrangements to travel including booking flights, securing accommodation, submission of visa applications and everything that is required for the trip," read a statement published on the official Kaizer Chiefs website.
Wydad has however requested that the South African team gain special permission from the Ministry of Health of the North African country to enter but is yet to receive a response. This may be because South Africa is currently a high-risk country.
Meanwhile, Chiefs fans have had this to say:
@Sydwell_RSA asked:
"Why do Africans need VISAS to travel to an African countries?"
Source: UGC
@galbertyn said:
"It's not nonsense. We allow people from many countries to come here without visas, and there are also countries we can travel to without visas"
@BanaMalome said:
"They are already having cold feet manene. Playing in Africa is not for everyone."
@MontassMr said:
"I think it's because of the South African covid variant, Hope things will get better."
In other Briefly.co.za sports news, former Mamelodi Sundowns football coach along with his current team, Egyptian side, Al Ahy, recently received a hearty shoutout from football legend Sunday Oliseh on Twitter following their 2-0 loss to Bayern Munich earlier this week.
In his post, Oliseh praises the team and their coach for heading on to the field with a game plan and "tactically" competed with their European champion opposition. Oliseh also remarked that Al Ahly and Mosimane were the "real winners."
"Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane made me so proud yesterday the way he tactically competed with a star-studded Bayern Munich. He showed no complex and had a game plan. great African Ambassador. Though they lost, for me, Al Ahly & Mosimane were the real winners last night. Bravo Bro!," he wrote in the tweet.
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