The Canada-Belgium match revived the controversy over the Zimbabwean referee, Jani Sikazwe, following he failed to award Canada two penalty kicks, according to the newspaper.dem” Spanish.
The newspaper said that the referee started the match well and awarded a penalty kick in the first half, which was saved by Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, but the second half witnessed mistakes once morest the Canadian national team.
The two subsequent penalty kicks were clear errors inside the penalty area, which the referee decided not to announce, despite his return to the video assistant referee technique, according to the newspaper.
The newspaper said that many Twitter accounts published some news regarding the referee, and he had already been suspended due to an unfortunate incident that occurred during the 2022 match between Tunisia and Mali during the African Cup in Cameroon.
Janny Sikazwe, a Zambian, is the referee for the 2022 World Cup match between Belgium vs Canada in Qatar.
Remember that Sikazwe was the referee who got a lot of press for ending a game five minutes early at the AFCON. pic.twitter.com/18zi8U9ct0
— Biografrica (@biografrica) November 23, 2022
During that official match, the referee simply decided to end the match in the 85th minute of the match. He also refused to review VAR for a possible red card and undoubtedly affected the match.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) conducted a comprehensive review of his actions and decided to suspend him. This referee was also involved in match-fixing scandals in the CAF Champions League match between Esperance and Primero Augusto, according to the newspaper.
