FIFA has officially responded to the appeal lodged by the South African Football Association (SAFA) in the matter involving referee Maguette N’Diaye.
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SAFA lodged an application to appeal last Sunday’s result which saw Ghana beat Bafana Bafana 1-0 in the final match of Group G.
Ghana were awarded a dubious penalty which was converted by Andre Ayew but SAFA’s appeal is NOT ONLY based on the penalty incident but the overall officiating of the entire match.
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On Wednesday, SAFA presented a comprehensive report which concluded that Senegalese referee N’Diaye was bias and his officiating favoured Ghana on the night.
SAFA’s task team, led by former FIFA accredited referee Ace Ncobo, discovered 71 incorrect decisions made by N’Diaye; the majority of which went against Bafana Bafana.
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The entire Ghanaian nation is convinced that the referee handled the match properly and that the decision to award the penalty against Bafana Bafana was correct.
Now, FIFA has given GFA until Saturday, 20 November 2021 to make their submissions regarding SAFA’s appeal.
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The world’s football governing body further confirmed that the submissions – both from SAFA and GFA – will be submitted to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 23 November 2021 for consideration and decision.
THE FULL STATEMENT
Dear Sirs,
We refer to the abovementioned matter, and in particular to the protest filed by the South African Football Association on 15 November 2021 in connection with the match Ghana v. South Africa played on 14 November 2021 in the context of the Preliminary Competition for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
, African Zone. The documents pertaining to the present protest are available
Furthermore, we wish to inform the South African Football Association as well as the Ghana Football Association that the above-mentioned protest will be submitted to a member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 23 November 2021 for consideration and decision in accordance with art. 14 (9) of the Regulations FIFA World Cup 2022TM, Preliminary Competition as well as arts. 46 and 54 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC).
In view of the foregoing, the Ghana Football Association has the opportunity to provide the secretariat of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee with any comments it deems appropriate on the aforementioned protest, if any, by 20 November 2021 at the latest, along with any document deemed necessary Finally, for the sake of clarity, please be informed that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee will decide on the protest using the file in its possession (cf. art. 20 par. 5 of the FDC).
Yours sincerely,
Julien Deux
Head of Judicial Bodies (Adjudicatory)
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