Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Burkina Faso files World Cup appeal to FIFA against Algeria
The Burkina Faso Football
Federation recently lodged an official complaint to FIFA claiming Algeria fielded
an ineligible player during the second leg of the World Cup play-off tie.
The Burkina Faso Football governing
body says Algerian defender Madjid Bougherra should have been suspended for two
yellow cards in earlier games. Madjid Bougherra scored the only goal in
Blida which pulled Algeria level 3-3 on aggregate and took them to Brazil on
away goals on Tuesday.
According to the FBF’s President,
Sita Sangare, Bougherra picked up a yellow card during the group stage of
qualifying against Mali and also went into the book during Burkina Faso's 3-2
win in the first leg of their play-off, which should have ruled him out of the
second leg.
The federation has also complained
about Senegalese referee Badara Diatta.
The current Nations
runners-up also argued that Diatta failed to play out the full four
minutes of injury time, depriving them the chance of a late equalizer which
would have qualified them for next year's finals in Brazil.
However, FIFA’s Team sheet does not
show a yellow card booking for Bougherra. See FIFA's page
The Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe,
who was in charge of the first leg, confirmed to BBC sport that he did not book any player in
the tunnel or away from the field of play, he says that what is on the FIFA site is what he had reported back after the
match. BBCsports
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