Napsa Stars have attributed their scoreless away draw against Roan United on Sunday at Nkana Stadium in Kitwe to the one hour delayed kick-off.
The FAZ Super League Week 17 game only kicked off at 16h00 due to a lack of security at the stadium when Police were only deployed across the road at Arthur Davies Stadium for the Power Dynamos and Indeni game.
“The delayment stalled our game and I am disappointed with the way that Roan have organized the game,” Napsa coach Hector Chilombo said.
“They know protection is supposed to be provided both for the referee and the players but there wasn’t any.
“We started the game after 16h00 after the players had been warming up for one hour and the players went cold after the warm up and it has cost Napsa the game we were supposed to win this game.”
The match was Roan’s first home match at their temporal home venue in Kitwe following a five-match ban imposed on them by the FAZ Disciplinary committee from playing games at Kafubu Stadium in Luanshya.
This follows crowd trouble that led to the abandonment of Roan’s Week 9 game against Red Arrows at Kafubu on May 10.
