Cape Town: South Africa announced their intention to write to CAF and FIFA seeking a request of replaying of their World Cup qualifying away match against Ghana which they lost 1-0 at due to unfair refereeing.
We’ll be writing to both CAF and FIFA, firstly to investigate how the game was handled and secondly to challenge some of these decisions,” South African FA chief executive Tebogo Mothlante said in a statement.
“We have already registered with the match commissioner that we will be making a formal complaint.”
South African FA who needed only one point to qualify for the FIFA 2022 World Cup claimed to have been ‘robbed’ by Senegalese referee Maguette Ndiaye and his assistants who handed the home side a dubious penalty and made several doubtful calls after Leicester City’s Daniel Amartey fell theatrically in their penalty area under seemingly minimal contact, prompting Ndiaye who was well positioned to immediately point to the spot.
This is the moment the Ghana 🇬🇭 Black Stars were awarded a penalty tonight vs South Africa’s 🇿🇦 Bafana Bafana. Yes or no? #WCQ2022 pic.twitter.com/mV8jlTVBny
— Usher Komugisha (@UsherKomugisha) November 14, 2021
“We feel very much robbed because it’s not an isolated incident of a penalty. There are a lot of questionable decisions by the match officials and we will get an expert to dissect other incidents so we can make a strong case.” added Mothlante.
South Africa’s Belgian coach Hugo Broos also claimed Ndiaye had allowed the Ghanaians to be overly aggressive in their play, while penalising his side for the slightest contact.
