Egypt Lodge Complaint Over Penalty Kick To FIFA
Filed under: 2009 Confederations Cup, FIFA
English Referee Howard Webb is finding himself at the center of a 2009 Confederations Cup controversy after Egypt lodged an official complaint to FIFA over the penalty kick issued and sending off of defender Ahmed Al Muhamadi following the initial motioning for a Brazil corner kick.
Via Gaurdian
After Al Muhamadi used his arm to stop the shot, he collapsed as if hurt, holding his head. BBC footage of the incident shows Webb first pointing for a corner after play was stopped, but then, after appearing to receive a message via his headset, changing his mind, awarding the penalty and showing the red card. Kaká scored the penalty to give Brazil the win.
Fifa spokesman Nicolas Maingot says “the matter of the complaint is about the process which led to the decision to award the penalty and have a red card.”
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Replays clearly showed it was the correct call. Egypt can’t argue against that. Their player was lying (faking a head injury) when he clearly used his arm to stop the ball.
Jamesey,
Thats not the controversy. they argue that the ref called a corner kick first AND then, after looking up to the screen, saw the hand ball.
either way, YOU ARE RIGHT. it was as clear as water and the red card was the correct call.
isnt it against FIFA rules for the 4th official to use the TV screen and then notify the head official of the offense?
if it is against FIFA rules….why?
correct…the officials are not allowed to use replay technology to make a decision…that said, think back to Zidane & his headbutt (think the 4th used it then???).
cheap ploy by Egypt, but within their rights.
So cheap and it totally erases all respect I had for their play in that game.
[…] After Egypt filed an official complaint with FIFA over English referee Howard Webb’s corner to penalty kick call in the 90th minute against Brazil, the man named Sepp has removed all of the video monitors from the sidelines (aka the 4th Official) in an effort to take away anymore distractions that could lead to questions of “instant replay” use. […]