The Moroccan Football Federation has issued a statement to FIFA on the Qatar World Cup semi-final decision once morest France.
Morocco will face France in the Qatar World Cup semi-finals on the 14th. Morocco, who had shown impregnable defence, conceding only one goal from an own goal so far, conceded a goal early in the start and allowed another goal in the final stages. On the other hand, the attacking team was unable to break down the French defense’s physical defense until the end and lost 0-2 as it was.
Morocco made a big surprise by defeating Spain, Portugal and Belgium in this tournament, becoming the first African team to advance to the quarter-finals, but their dreams of advancing to the final were dashed when they lost to champions France. Meanwhile, the Moroccan Football Federation seems unconvinced by some of the decisions in the match.
The Moroccan Football Federation submitted a written opinion to FIFA on the following day, the 15th, regarding the decision once morest France. In it, he wrote, “The Moroccan Football Federation wrote this sentence to request the relevant authorities to review the decisions,” and was surprised that two penalty kicks were overlooked and VAR did not intervene. No, he continued.
“Two penalties, which from the point of view of multiple refereeing experts are unquestionable, were not awarded to the Moroccan team. The Moroccan Football Federation is also very surprised that the VAR did not intervene in these situations.”
Referee Cesar Ramos showed Boufal a yellow card following Sofian Boufal appeared to have been knocked down by Theo Hernández in the penalty area in the first half of the match. There was also a moment in the second half when Selim Amalah appeared to have been knocked down in the opposition penalty area without the whistle blowing.
