FIFA, the football governing body, has dismissed South Africa Football Authority (SAFA) quest, to nullify the result of World Cup qualifier match between the Ghana Black Stars, and the South Africa national team Bafana Bafana.
On November 14, 2021 Cape Coast Sports Stadium Ghana.
The Ghana National team Black Stars, and Bafana Bafana of South Africa, played a decisive group G World Cup qualifier match, with Ghana needed a win and their South African counterparts needed just a draw to progress to the play-off.
At the end of the ninety minutes Ghana won the game by a lone goal, through a penalty that was awarded by the Senegalese official MAGUETTE NDIAYE who was the match referee. After Ghana’s player Daniel Amartey was brought down in the South Africa penalty area, by South Africa defender RUSHINE DE REUCK.
A decisions that was ajudge by the South Africa football authority as been robbed by the match official, as the contact was very minimal to that effect.
After the match, The South Africa FA lodged a formal complaint to both FIFA, The football World governor, and the Confederation of Africa Football CAF, seeking for the match to be replay.
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However on the 3rd of December 2021, The football World governor FIFA, have released a short statement.
FIFA SHORT STATEMENT:
“The protest lodged by South Africa has been declared inadmissible by the Disciplinary Committee as it did not meet the requirements foreseen under art. 46 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and art. 14 of the Regulations of the Preliminary Competition of the FIFA World Cup 2022”.
The decision is subject to appeal.
The Ghana Black Stars, would now start properation for the next face for Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier play-off.