Phats’oane officiates in a historic AFCON match

Top Lesotho assistant referee, Souru Phats’oane, officiated at second last 16 encounter match between Mali and Tunisia which was exhilarating, fraught with yellow and red cards and the first match at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to go for a penalty shootout. It was epic to witness Tunisia reliving the January 1977 encounter when it became the first nation to go for a penalty shootout in the World Cup qualifying match, with the difference being Mali instead of Morocco…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...