Video: Mamelodi Sundowns Players Denied Access Into Orlando Stadium by Orlando Pirates Security

Video: Mamelodi Sundowns Players Denied Access Into Orlando Stadium by Orlando Pirates Security

Keba Mothoagae
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:25 PM
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  • Orlando Pirates' security has brought the team a little more heat than what is needed
  • A video doing the rounds on social media showed several Mamelodi Sundowns players and staff being denied entry into Orlando Stadium
  • This is not long after the club was punished for a similar incident

Orlando Pirates' security is threatening to get the trouble again.

A viral video on social showed them preventing several Mamelodi Sundowns players and technical staff from entering the bowels of Orlando Stadium. This was ahead of the DStv Premiership encounter last Saturday, which the defending champions won 1-0.

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Orlando Pirates security and Mamelodi Sundowns staff get into a scuffle at Orlando Stadium. Image source: @OscarNtsintsi87.
Source: Twitter

Among those denied access when the video cut, was the Brazilian's DStv Diski Challenge coach David Notoane, as well as players Rushine de Reuck and Reyaad Pieterse.

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According to the Daily Sun, Notoane was heard saying during the scuffle:

"These are professional players. They are playing for Mamelodi Sundowns."

Not much is known about what eventually transpired. The publication attempted to contact Notoane as well as Pirates administrative officer Floyd Mbele, but this proved to be fruitless.

The Buccaneers have been in trouble for something similar, which involved TS Galaxy, as per TimesLIVE.

Pirates punished for Tim Sukazi fiasco

Orlando Pirates has received a slap on the wrist for the unsavoury incident involving TS Galaxy chairman Tim Sukazi in December 2021.

Tim Sukazi last December was thrown around by Bucs security at Orlando Stadium, who refused him entry onto the field before a DStv Premiership match because of allegedly not following Covid-19 protocols.

IOL reported last April that the club was found guilty by the Premier Soccer League's disciplinary committee of unreasonably denying him access to the facilities, a decision the hosts appealed.

Pirates treated harshly by referee

Orlando Pirates should have been awarded a penalty against Mamelodi Sundowns.

Themba Zwane should have been shown a red card for a dangerous tackle.

This was the conclusion of Andile 'Ace' Ncobo on SuperSport's Extra Time while dissecting crucial incidents that occurred in the defending DStv Premiership champions' 1-0 victory over the Buccaneers last Saturday.

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