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Premier Soccer League (PSL) teams will be permitted to make a maximum of FIVE substitutions per game for the remainder of the season.
This was confirmed in a statement on the PSL’s official website on Tuesday.
Organisers said nine substitutes can be named on the team list – not the customary seven – with coaches allowed to utilise five per game. Normally, only three substitutions per game are allowed.
Meanwhile, the start times for this weekend’s Nedbank Cup action were also confirmed in a statement:
“The Premier Soccer League has been working hard together with various stakeholders to ensure that all protocols are strictly followed and implemented ahead of the kick-off on Saturday, 8 August 2020.
“The first match will be a Nedbank Cup semi-final tie between Bloemfontein Celtic and Baroka FC at Orlando Stadium in Soweto at 14:00. It will be followed by the second semi-final, with Mamelodi Sundowns facing Bidvest Wits at 19:15 at the same venue.
“On Sunday, the GladAfrica Championship will kick off with two fixtures: Real Kings against Cape Umoya at Tsakane Stadium and Richards Bay against TS Sporting at TUKS Stadium. Both fixtures will be at 15:30.”
EXPLAINER:
– Nine (9) substitutes can be named (not 7) in the team list.
– Five substitutions are allowed per club during the game.
– Clubs will get three substitution opportunities during the game (plus half-time, which isn’t counted as one of the three).
– If both teams make substitutions at the same time, this counts as a used “opportunity” for both teams.
– In a cup game, unused substitutions and opportunities are carried into extra time.
– Teams will get an additional substitute and an additional substitution opportunity in extra time, taking the total of substitutes to six and opportunities to four.
– Substitutions made before extra time and during half time of extra time don’t count as a lost opportunity.
– Compiled by Baden Gillion
