South Africa had to replay a World Cup qualifier they won 2-1 against Senegal in 2016, after Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey was found guilty by FIFA of unlawfully influencing a match result. 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." "We feel very much robbed because it's not an isolated incident of a penalty. "We have already registered with the match commissioner that we will be making a formal complaint. "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," SAFA chief executive Tebogo Mothlante said in a statement. South Africa's Belgian coach Hugo Broos claimed Ndiaye had allowed the Ghanaians to be overly aggressive in their play, while penalising his side for the slightest contact. With South Africa needing a draw to win the group, 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. The result meant Ghana leapfrogged their opponents to take top spot in Group G and advance to the final qualifying stage in March, where they will hope to be one of five teams from the continent to book their place at Qatar 2022.īut the South African Football Association (SAFA) is hoping to push for the game to be replayed, claiming they were "robbed" by Senegal referee Maguette Ndiaye and his assistants who handed the home side a dubious penalty and made several doubtful calls. CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa will make a formal complaint to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and global soccer governing body FIFA over the officiating in their 1-0 away defeat by Ghana in the African World Cup qualifiers on Sunday.
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