The 2019 Carling Black Label Cup will introduce more innovations empowering fans to interact more in the game through technology.
The Black Label Cup – the preseason match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates for which the fans select the lineups by SMS‚ social media and internet voting – will this year enable fans to have more control over what happens during the 90 minutes of the game.
Fans are also being given the opportunity to vote for six game-changer options.
These are:
● A fourth substitution for the goalkeeper‚ allowing coaches to have an additional replacement for the keeper;
● The fans can select the captain;
● A substitution can be selected by voting on Twitter or by SMS;
● Rolling substitutions‚ allowing three to five replacements to enter or leave the field of play;
● A rugby-style yellow card timeout‚ meaning a booked player has to leave the field for two to five minutes;
● The man of the match selected on Twitter or by SMS;
● A microphone carried by the referee.
Voting closes on June 30 and the game will be played at the FNB Stadium on July 27.
"The Black Label Cup is the only platform that gives fans a voice‚" Carling Black Label media manager Sphe Vundla said.
"We thought to revolutionise the game of football."
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