Stuart Baxter became the 25th dismissal in 25 years of Bafana Bafana football when he was sent off from the bench in the 2-0 win over Botswana in Tuesday’s Cosafa Castle Cup at Moruleng Stadium. The Briton admitted afterwards he was in the wrong. "I deserved to be sent off because I swore‚" Baxter said. "But my swearing was only making a stronger appeal that our doctor be allowed on the field to treat a player that was lying [on the grass] with a head injury. I said: ‘My player is f***ing injured. It’s a f***ing head injury — let the doctor on‚ don’t tell him to sit down’. "So I swore but I was trying to tell him my player has a head injury and before the doctor could get near him‚ another player‚ Cole Alexander‚ was kicked in the centre circle. "But he [the fourth official] was telling the medical staff to sit down. I don’t think that’s correct procedure when it’s a head injury. I think you should get them [medical team] on as quick as you can. "It was his [fourth official’s] job t...
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