Morocco’s World Cup fairytale came to an end on Wednesday night but the country’s FA was not happy with the man in the middle.
France sealed their place in Sunday’s final against Argentina after goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani earned them a 2-0 victory in Qatar but Morocco felt that they should have had a penalty whilst the match was just 1-0.
The incident in question involved Theo Hernandez and Moroccan winger Sofiane Boufal, who collided inside the France penalty area and resulted in Boufal being booked by referee Cesar Ramos.
Following their semi-final clash, Morocco’s FA have now expressed their anger over some of the decisions made by the Mexican referee and have lodged a complaint to FIFA.
A statement from the Royal Moroccan Football Federation read via Sportbible: “The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) strongly protested against the arbitration of the Morocco-France match officiated by Mr. Cesar Arturo Ramos. To this end, the FRMF sent a letter to the competent body in which it returns to the arbitration situation which deprived the Moroccan selection of two indisputable penalties in the opinion of several arbitration specialists.
“The FRMF also expressed its great astonishment that the Video Assistance to Arbitration (VAR) system did not react to these arbitration situations. The FRMF recalls that it will spare no effort to defend and preserve the rights of the National Selections by advocating fairness in arbitration and by denouncing these arbitration decisions taken during this semi-final confrontation of the World Cup. of FIFA Qatar 2022.”
Despite Wednesday’s result against France, Morocco can be super proud of their team, and their efforts in Qatar will inspire a whole generation of footballers, not just in their country but Africa as a whole.
The standard of refereeing in this “world cup”leaves a lot to be desired and has not been helped by the lack of knowledge of the VAR participation displayed at every match. God help us if money ever changes hands…..
What do you mean If money ever changes hands
Thought Michael Oliver officiated well in his games and should have been picked for the final. Very few good refs at this World Cup
Most bent & corrupt World Cup ever in a totally non football country. FIFA is ruining the beautiful game for short term gain.
Sore losers
Terrible refereeing in this world cup. It started from the first match with the Equador goal disallowed versus Qatar.
We will obviously point to the Saka foul before France’s first goal versus England and the blatant penalty which the referee didn’t want to give until VAR got involved and the player who had just comitted a professional foul not getting sent off. A lot of bad decisions seem to be going France’s way. Not saying there is some dodgy deals going on to get to a Messi Vs Mbappe final but it is good box office.
If it is so go back to Argentina game with Saudi they we denied 2 goals
The refereeing match England against France was a disgrace .There was definitely something dodgy with the referee I would say he was a French supporter he certainly didn’t like the English .It is such a shame when it is a World Cup and the teams have trained so hard