TP Mazembe hit back at “Hallucinating” Pirates

TP Mazembe have hit back at Orlando Pirates and their complaints of harsh treatment in Lubumbashi, saying the Soweto team are suffering from ‘hallucinations’.

 

The Buccaneers knocked the DRC side out of the CAF Champions League this past weekend, winning 3-2 on aggregate, and players have told of the hellish treatment they received from the hosts, and also the biased officiating which nearly cost them the game.

 

However, in an article on the website (the French one, not English one interestingly), Mazembe insist everything has been blown out of proportion and even that the referee disallowed a perfectly good penalty.

 

The opening line (translated from French to English) reads: “While some clubs digest difficult removal, other, more rare, have nightmares when they qualify.

 

“Orlando Pirates must be part of the second category if one refers to the comments made on his official website by his defender Patrick Phungwayo and midfielder Lehohonolo Maselesa. Because according to them, the Buccaneers have been in ‘hell’ in Lubumbashi.”

 

What follows are sarcastic comments about having to wait ‘experiencing discomfort sofas in the lobby at Grand Karavia Hotel’. It also talks about an ‘excellent lunch’ that Pirates were served, and how no complaint was made to the hotel.

 

It also questions Phungwayo’s recollection of the game (on Bucs’ official site), argues that the red card shown to Lucky Lekgwathi was legitimate because of contact made with Tresor Mputu, and claims that a third penalty should have been shown because of a handball in the area.

 

It ends of with: “These fabrications demonstrate how our South African hosts write history after qualification. Whimsical and totally unacceptable!”

 

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