Spare a thought for FC Platinum January 10, 2021 in Sport insidesport:with MICHAEL KARIATI FOUR days have now passed, but Zimbabwean football followers have not forgotten the cruel manner in which FC Platinum were eliminated from the 2021 Caf Champions League. The Zimbabwean football followers are still trying to figure out whether it was really Simba Stars as a team who eliminated Pure Platinum, or a combination of both “dirty off-the-field” tactics and poor officiating. Firstly, five of FC Platinum’s top players, including goalkeeper Petros Mhari— who were tested and found Covid-19-free upon departure from Harare — were controversially barred from featuring in the match after they were told by Tanzanian officials that they had tested positive for Covid-19, a couple of hours before the start of the game.