Is booing players offside? JOHANNESBURG. — Fans vociferously booed both Kingston Nkhatha and Tapuwa Kapini at the weekend, but is it right or wrong to jeer at your own player? Nkhatha has been targeted by the Kaizer Chiefs boo-brigade this season, most recently coming in for abuse in the 1-1 draw with Orlando Pirates on Saturday. The burly striker was hounded throughout the Soweto Derby, and gestured emotionally to the crowd after scoring the equaliser at Soccer City to cancel out Kermit Erasmus’s early opener. Meanwhile, fellow Zimbabwean and AmaZulu goalkeeper Kapini was reduced to tears in the aftermath of a 2-0 loss to Maritzburg United on Sunday. Kapini was hit by objects — including plastic bottles — thrown by some Usuthu fans while making his way from the pitch, and was visibly upset, and lay on the ground in tears until he was assisted by his club’s technical staff.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:53:26 +0000
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