Kaizer Chiefs could find themselves in a wait of a lifetime in discovering who their Nedbank Cup semi-final opponents are with the PSL caught in no-man's land regarding an outstanding fixture.
The quarterfinal match between Sekhukhune United and Mamelodi Sundowns was scheduled to be played last weekend – 8 March, to be exact – but failed to take place after Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium was belatedly found to have been double-booked for the day.
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"The stadium was secured in terms of a detailed agreement (the stadium agreement) affording the League exclusive control of the venue prior to and on match day and all arrangements were in place for the match.
"Unfortunately, the Premier Soccer League (PSL) learned today of social media reports that the stadium had seen fit to accept a booking for an under 17 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifier scheduled to kick off at 15:00, said a PSL statement, in part, as released on the eve of the encounter.
With the other quarterfinals having played, the draw for the next round has pitted the winner of the yet-to-be-played fixture against Chiefs, who got past Stellenbosch FC with a 3-1 scoreline at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday evening.
However, as to when the outstanding match will be played remains a big mystery, with this weekend's round of Betway Premiership matches preceding a FIFA international break that will run from 17 to 25 March.
Bafana Bafana, who have World Cup qualifiers coming up against Lesotho (21 March) and Benin (25 March), are expected to have as many as nine players from The Brazilians with head coach Hugo Broos set to trim his preliminary squad to a final 23 this Thursday.
Both Babina Noko and Miguel Cardoso's men have no league assignments scheduled the weekend after, with the Tshwane giants only next in action on April 1 in a CAF Champions League quarterfinal home tie against Esperance.
With FIFA rules strict on two full days between games, this renders Sundowns unable to play on the Sunday, 30 March – leaving Friday and Saturday as the only realistic days to squeeze in the Nedbank Cup fixture.
But after long travel from Benin, possibly landing at the OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday, 26 March, will there be enough time for last year's cup runners-up to prepare with all their Bafana stars in?
Crucially, if they have a domestic cup game that weekend, what ramifications will that have on the preparations for a must-win battle against the side that knocked them out of last season's Champions League?
Do they play on the Friday, possibly giving their national team stars a reprieve and calling on the depth in the squad, thus giving themselves a three-day preparation period for continental duty?
Or push it to a Saturday with all the ammunition available and with the international players refreshed, but at the risk of less preparation time for the African sojourn...
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Should the game not take place that weekend, Sundowns will go on to host Stellenbosch FC on April 5, before travelling to Tunisia for the away leg of the Champions League match, scheduled for April 8.
As they touch down back in South Africa a day later, they will be confronted with the reality that the weekend of April 12-13 has been set aside for the Nedbank Cup semi-finals.
Through all of that, Amakhosi will be the interested spectator, eager to know which opponent to prepare for as they bid to end a 10-year trophy famine.