World Cup 2022: "We have serious suspicions of cheating", eliminated, South Africa disputes Ghana's victory

The South African Football Federation (SAFA) declares this Monday that it wants to seize the international federation (Fifa) and the African Confederation (CAF) to contest the arbitration during its defeat in Ghana (1-0) on Sunday, which cost him qualification for the 2022 World Cup. Senegalese referee Maguette N'Diaye awarded a penalty to Ghana in the first half for an alleged foul by South African defender Rushine De Reuck on Daniel Amartey, but on slow motion it seems that the Leicester City player dived.

SAFA CEO Tebogo Motlanthe explaining how there association will be challenging the decisions made in yesterday's World Cup qualifier.

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Video referee assistance (VAR) was not available for this match. "The federation has decided to file an official complaint so that FIFA and CAF closely examine the conduct of match officials," said Tebogo Motlanthe, general manager of SAFA, on Twitter. He adds that he will hold a press conference later to give more details. “The officials have decided the game, which is not supposed to happen. We're going to write to both CAF and Fifa, first to investigate how the game was handled and then to challenge some of those decisions (…) We feel really robbed because it's not about not just the penalty. There are a lot of questionable decisions on the part of the match officials and we are going to have an expert dissect other incidents,in order to be able to present a solid argument. »Continues Tebogo Mothlante.

The manager had said immediately after the match: “We have serious suspicions that this match has been arranged, and we believe that it should be investigated. The conduct of the match officials left a lot to be desired, and we want CAF and Fifa to investigate. "The South African coach Hugo Broos swears he did not see the penalty but he is very angry anyway:" I could not see (the penalty). I just saw Daniel Amartey go to bed. He fell several times during the match, but I did not see the incident. But I saw that my players were surprised.

This success allowed Ghana to overtake South Africa and snatch the ticket for the African qualifying play-offs for the World Cup in Group G. Organizers of the 2010 World Cup, the South Africans will miss the meeting. you in Qatar unless their request is successful.

But there is little chance.