The world football governing body FIFA, has announced that it has received a complaint from the South African Football Association (SAFA) after their 1-0 loss to Ghana in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier.
“FIFA has received a complaint from the South African FA in relation to this matter and will review it. Please understand we cannot comment further at this stage,” the state-owned Daily Graphic website reported the international organisation as saying.
Speaking to the media after Sunday’s clash, the chief executive officer of SAFA, Tebogo Motlanthe, said the match was fraught with infractions.
“So, we as the association have decided that we will be writing to both CAF and FIFA, first to investigate how the game had ended, and secondly also to challenge some of these decisions.
“I think from our hearts is to say the match officials have decided the game which is not what is supposed to happen,” Motlanthe said.
He said not only had the penalty made South Africa feel robbed but there were also questions about many of the referee’s decisions. Motlanthe added that Bafana Bafana will engage the services of an expert to gather all the evidence to make a strong case to FIFA.
