The Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) lodged a complaint with FIFA once morest the arbitration of the semi-final between France and Morocco. She cries foul and denounces an “arbitral injustice”.
Morocco is still struggling to swallow the pill. Eliminated at the gates of the World Cup final by France (2-0), the Atlas Lions, authors of a very great competition, still did not appreciate the arbitration that was served to them on Wednesday evening. . Indeed according to the FRMF (Moroccan Football Federation), two penalties would have been unfairly denied them in the match by the Mexican referee César Arturo Ramos.
In a missive published on Thursday, the governing body of Moroccan football announced that it had seized the competent authority to arbitrate these disputes following FIFA in order to “contest the arbitration”. ” La FRMF sent a letter to the competent body in which it returns to the arbitration situations which deprived the Moroccan selection of two indisputable penalties in the opinion of several arbitration specialists the statement said.
Apart from decrying the performance of referee Mr. Ramos, the FRMF also pointed the finger at the VAR referees and is outraged by the fact that “the Video Assistance to Arbitration (VAR) device did not react” on certain contentious situations such as the action of Sofiane Bouffal once morest Lucas Hernandez in the area or even En-Nesyri surrounded by Aurelien Tchouameni in the zone of truth. The statement stress as well as ” The FRMF will spare no effort to defend and preserve the rights of national selections by advocating fairness in arbitration and by denouncing these arbitration decisions taken during the course”.
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