Disgraced Mauritian referee Rajindraparsad Seechurn has been sent home
by CAF for his poor officiating in the quarter final game between hosts
Equatorial Guinea and Tunisia.
The match official awarded a penalty to the hosts deep into injury time
after he ruled that Ivan Bolado had been unfairly brought down in the
box by a Tunisia defender, a decision that has been widely criticised.
The hosts would go on to win the game in extra time, a result which would see them play four-time champions Ghana.
In an interview with JOYSports, CAF executive member Kwesi Nyantekyi
revealed that the match official had been sent home after a review of
his performance.
“The referee’s performance has been reviewed by the referees committee.
I have seen the report and the marks awarded to him is not good enough
which also shows that CAF is not happy with his performance and there
would be constant review of officiating at the tournament.
The referee has been sent home. Thus in my view CAF has acted swiftly
and that is commendable. It is also factually inaccurate that CAF had
played a part in this unfortunate act.”
He also added that Ghanaians should be assured of fair officiating ahead of the game.
“I can assure you that there would be fairness. CAF as an institution
is committed to fairness because that is one of the basic principles of
football to ensure that the scales of justice are held evenly between
the competing teams.”
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