There are regulations that we don’t joke with and there is a club that has just learned this the hard way.
Last October, a D3 ACFF meeting between Aische and Arquet was on the program. If it could have started normally, it was however stopped in the third minute of play. At that moment, a lighting pylon gave up the ghost.
Lighting problem
One of the Aische players, who is an electrician, was going to identify the fault but too late. The thirty minutes provided for by the regulations to find a solution had passed and the referee of the match, Hamza Haroui, issued a report in which he decided that the match would be played on green carpet, as provided for by article B6.35.
If the file went before the disciplinary committee, it validated the 0-5 defeat. Deeming the decision unfair, Aische went before the appeal committee this Wednesday but the decision was confirmed, as well as a fine for non-compliant land.
Sanction confirmed
Aische would have the possibility of being mentioned if he found a new element but President Francis Duchêne decided that enough was enough and that this double defeat should serve as a lesson for the future but that it was not worth the effort. go further.
As explained in the RTBFif the ACFF insists on respecting the thirty-minute rule, it is because “ the risk would be to see certain clubs cause a lighting shutdown, a breakdown when the score is against them or for example when a player or other important person is injured or defaults.
In series B, Marloie experienced a similar mishap with a breakdown which was resolved after 29 minutes and 15 seconds, which plunged President Hérion into a situation of intense stress when he heard the referee counting down the minutes.
