The Zambian judge has been suspended in the past on suspicion of corruption: "The worst in history"
Gianni Sikazwa stunned the world of football when he whistled for a finish between Tunisia and Mali in the 85th minute and again in the 89th minute, but not everyone was surprised by what was happening.
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12/01/2022
Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 5:47 p.m.
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Ten games were played at the African Championships as of this writing, and you could say the numbers are pretty delusional - seven games ended 0-1, two games ended 0-0 and only in the opening game more than one goal was scored, so Cameron beat Burkina Faso 1-2.
Despite all this, what happened today (Wednesday) in the game between Tunisia and Mali a lot is definitely something that is unlikely to have happened or will ever happen.
In the 85th minute, when Mali had a 0: 1 advantage, Zambian referee Jani Sikazwa put the whistle in his mouth and whistled for the end of the game.
The Tunisians were in shock, quickly got out of it with no choice and immediately entered the lawn to draw his attention to what was happening and bring the players back to the field.
Fortunately, he recovered and the game resumed, but against all odds, he only finished once more in the 89:49 minute - before the legal time ended and all this in a game where there was a drinking break in each half, nine substitutions were made, two penalties were kicked and no extra time was given. From the halves.
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Zambian referee Jani Sikazwa whistles for the finish ahead of time.
Farce of the Year (Photo: Reuters)
In total throughout the 90 minutes today (89:49, to be exact), Sikazwa whistled for just 28 fouls, pulled out four yellow cards, ignored two penalties he was supposed to award, also ordered two penalty kicks from 11 yards, sent a player away with a red card (And ignored the screen judges' recommendation to withdraw from the dismissal) and of course only to finish twice - all this and still only before the time twice and did not even think to add a minute or two at least.
He of course needed police escort today as he left the stadium in Cameroon and social media did not take pity on him, with many tweeting that he was "the worst referee in history" and of course "he should not be allowed to get on the pitch anymore".
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The Zambian referee leaves the stadium under heavy security (Photo: Reuters)
Sikazwa is the first zombie ever to referee a World Cup match, when he chaired the match between Belgium and Panama in June 2018, but a few months later he got entangled and temporarily suspended on suspicion of corruption in the Asian Champions League match.
About half an hour after the game ended, the two teams were offered to return to the field and resume the meeting for another three minutes.
The Tunisians, who lost 1-0 almost at the end of 90 minutes, refused to resume the match and could absorb a technical 3-0.
Muhammad Magasova, Mali's coach who was interrupted in the middle of his press conference by the organizers demanding to return to complete the missing three minutes, came dripping with sweat to the media room a second time and said: "These are administrative matters and we must obey. We were told to get on the pitch The opponent did not want to resume the game and the referees announced its end. "
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