Mauritian referee Rajindraparsad
Seechurn has been sent home by CAF for his poor officiating in the quarter
final game between hosts Equatorial Guinea and Tunisia.
The match official awarded a penalty
to the hosts deep into injury time after he ruled that Ivan Bolado had been
unfairly brought down in the box by a Tunisia defender, a decision that has
been widely criticised.
The hosts would go on to win the
game in extra time, a result which would see them play four time Champions Ghana.
In an interview with JOYSports, CAF
executive member Kwesi Nyantekyi revealed that the match official had been sent
home after a review of his performance.
“The referee’s performance has been
reviewed by the referees committee. I have seen the report and the marks
awarded to him is not good enough which also shows that CAF is not happy with
his performance and there would be constant review of officiating at the
tournament.
The referee has been sent home. Thus
in my view CAF has acted swiftly and that is commendable. It is also factually
inaccurate that CAF had played a part in this unfortunate act.”
He also added that Ghanaians should
be assured of fair officiating ahead of the game.
“I can assure you that there would
be fairness.CAF as an institution is committed to fairness because that is one
of the basic principles of football to ensure that the scales of justice are
held evenly between the competing teams.”
The Black Stars play the Nzalang
Nationale on Thursday with the winner coming up against either Democratic
Republic of Congo or Cote D’Ivoire in the final.
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