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The world football governing body, FIFA has rejected South Africa protest against Ghana for a replay of the 2022 World Cup qualifier.
Ghana painfully defeated South Africa 1:0 in the last game of the qualifiers at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium last month with Andre Ayew scoring the only goal from the spot.[ads2]
But the South Africa Football Association (SAFA) filed a protest, calling on FIFA to order a replay of the match at a neutral venue.
According to SAFA, the Senegalese referee who officiated the match was bias and suspect the match was fixed.[ads3]
However, FIFA has rejected the protest after its disciplinary body ruled that the protest lodged is ‘inadmissible’ as it did not meet the basic requirements for filling protests.
“The protest lodged by South Africa has been declared inadmissible by the Disciplinary Committee as it did not meet the requirements foreseen under art. 46 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and art. 14 of the Regulations of the Preliminary Competition of the FIFA World Cup 2022,” FIFA said in a statement on Friday.
The ruling, according to the statement, is subject to approval…[ads5]