A scene as strange as it was rare occurred on the pitch of an Algerian stadium during a Ligue 1 match between CS Constantine and NC Magra on Saturday evening. What happened?
As the match drew to a close, a CSC striker scored the winning goal for his team. The goal was validated by the central referee, despite a blatant offside position by the Constantine striker.
An offside which was not signaled by the linesman. The CSC players who are playing for the title this season are jubilant, but immediately, the Magra players aggressively surround the game director to challenge his decision to validate the goal.
The central referee ended up canceling the goal, after an exchange with the linesman and a long moment of hesitation enveloped in strong tension on the pitch and in the stands.
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To make his decision to cancel the goal, the referee did not use VAR which is not available at the Chahid Hamlaoui stadium in Constantine.
This cancellation almost set fire to the powder. Immediately, the CSC players put terrible pressure on the referee to challenge his decision.
Their coach Kheireddine Madoui participated in this assault on the referee, an unworthy gesture from a man supposed to set an example to his players, to the supporters present in the stadium and to the television viewers, at a time when Algerian football is being corrupted by violence.
Especially since the goal scored by his team was marred by a blatant offside. The CSC coach got seriously carried away in a total disarray.
Faced with the seriousness of the events which took place at the Constantine stadium, the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) published a press release this Sunday to announce the suspension of the central referee and the touch referee, who are at his side. eyes, the two main responsible for this new scene which further tarnishes the lackluster image of Algerian football.
For the FAF, this meeting was “ marred by a blatant refereeing error, giving a bad image of the real level of refereeing ».
The FAF emergency committee decided to “ suspend with immediate effect the two arbitrators Lotfi Bekouassa and Adel Abane and orders the Federal Arbitration Commission (CFA) to open an investigation into the unexplained conduct of these two arbitrators and to draw conclusions therefrom ”, according to the press release.
The FAF assures that it “ will not tolerate any excess or behavior likely to tarnish the brand image of national football or which may encourage violence, whether from match officials, managers or players ».
She said nothing about the behavior of the players of the two teams as well as the attempted attack against the central referee.
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