The irregularities noted during the Tanzania-Guinea match, the sixth and final day of qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, continue to provoke reactions within the Guinean Football community. The Guinean Football Federation, having contacted the African Football Confederation, sees this as an opportunity to turn the situation in their favor to reach Morocco. However, several football figures reveal that Guinea’s complaint is unlikely to succeed, because the infractions mentioned relate more to the regulations applicable during the final stages rather than those concerning qualifying.
Furthermore, this complaint from FEGUIFOOT cannot change the outcome of the match. The irregularity noted points to a lapse of concentration on the part of the fourth referee in charge of substitutions.
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“It is the fourth referee who is civilly responsible. Lack of vision, lack of concentration. Therefore, when things unfold like this, I say that when things unfold like this, it really has no influence on the result technical. The result of the match remains the same, understood? But if there is a sanction, then the sanction falls on the fourth referee,” explained Hamed Sékou Touré, a former FIFA referee during a broadcast on CIS Media.
According to the ex-referee, the only scenario that could eliminate the team would be if a player with two yellow cards enters the field, which essentially equates to a red card, or if a player already holds a red card. “If he participates in the match like that, automatically, with Guinea’s claim, Guinea progresses, we win,” underlined Hamed Sékou Touré. “Guinea’s chances are very slim,” he concluded.
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