Egypt FA suspends referee after watching replays on cell phone

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Egypt FA suspends referee after watching replays on cell phone

An Egyptian referee has been suspended indefinitely after utilizing a cell phone earlier than scoring a objective in a second division match final week, the Egyptian Football Association mentioned.

With the video assistant referee (VAR) system not in use in second-tier video games, referee Mohamed Farouk used a crowd member’s telephone to observe a replay of a objective through the match between Suez and Al-Nasr .

Al-Nasr thought he had scored a late equaliser, however the hosts protested due to a handball, and after reviewing video by telephone for a very long time, the referee determined to disallow it.

The Egyptian FA mentioned in an announcement that Portuguese Vitor Pereira, who changed Englishman Mark Clattenburg as head of the refereeing committee, determined to droop the complete refereeing workers “indefinitely”.

The Egypt FA mentioned, “The committee decided to investigate the incident when the match referee Mohamed Farouk used a mobile phone to review a footage of the events of the match.”

Fifteen minutes of stoppage time have been added and Suez went on to win the sport 3–1.

Farooq left the pitch beneath police safety amid protests from Al-Nasr gamers and officers, who threatened authorized motion in opposition to the referee for breaching the foundations.


With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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