FIFA orders replay of S/Africa vs Senegal World Cup qualifier

World football governing body, FIFA, has ordered that the World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal be replayed after the match referee was banned for life.

FIFA slammed the heavy punishment on Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey after finding him guilty of ‘unlawfully influencing the result’ of the match played on on Nov 12, 2016.

He awarded a penalty to South Africa in their 2-1 win for handball but replays showed the ball hit Senegal’s defender Kalidou Koulibaly on the knee.

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The decision to ban Lamptey for life was first made in March after a complaint from the Senegal Football Federation, and was upheld on Wednesday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The match is due to be replayed in the November 2017 international window.

Senegal and South Africa are currently third and fourth respectively in Africa’s Group D behind Burkina Faso and Cape Verde Islands. Only the top team qualifies for next year’s World Cup finals in Russia.

 

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