July 19, (THEWILL) – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has received a formal complaint from the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ), over the Ethiopian referee, Lidya Tafesse, who presided over their match against South Africa.
As THEWILL reported, Linda Motlalo of Banyana Banyana stepped up to convert a controversial penalty in the 94th minute to send her team to the TotalEnergies 2022 African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) final.
The governing body of Zambian football engaged in this drastic approach in their efforts to have Banyana’s match against them replayed and to suspend referee Tafesse. The complaint read: “The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) wishes to inform its stakeholders and football family that it has lodged a formal complaint to the Confederation of African Football, FAZ general secretary, Adrian Kashala, has advanced six key incidents including the late minute penalty awarded to South Africa.
“We, therefore, wish to contest against the decision of the referee to award such a penalty resulting in a goal, which decided against our team progressing to the finals as we call for a serious review of the game.”
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