The Royal Morocco Football Federation (FMRF) has lodged a complaint to FIFA over the poor officiating of centre referee Cesar Ramos’ during their 2022 World Cup semi-final defeat to France.
Recall that the Atlas Lions lost 2-0 to the reigning champions on Wednesday, however, FMRF claimed that the referee denied the team clear penalties that should have been awarded.
In a statement issued on Thursday by the federation, which was published on its website, said: “The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (Federation of Football) strongly protested the arbitration of the Moroccan national team’s match against the French national team, led by Cesar Arturo Ramos Palazuelos. This came in a letter to the competent body that included The arbitration cases that deprived the Moroccan team of two clear penalty kicks, according to the testimony of arbitration specialists, and at the same time surprising that the mouse room was not alerted to that.
He added, “The Royal Moroccan Football Federation affirms that it will not hesitate to defend the rights of our team, calling for fairness in taking the necessary measures regarding the arbitration injustice that was practiced on the Moroccan national team in its match against the French national team, in the semi-final drawing of the World Cup.”
France took the lead after five minutes with a goal from Hernandez.
Substitute Randal Kolo Muani added the second 10 minutes from time to send France through to their second World Cup final on the trot.
The defending champions is seeking to become only the third nation to win back-to-back tournaments will play Argentina on Sunday evening at the Lusail Stadium.
Morocco will vie with Croatia in the third place play-off on Saturday at the Khalifa International Stadium.
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Sour losers, Morocco, Arabs representatives to the World Cup.
These people are funny. They’ve taken their unsportsman behaviour to the world stage. When they were beating everybody, nobody complained. Now they lost, FIFA has to reveiw. Maybe Portugal should protest their loss against them. There were questionable calls against Portugal in that match too. Yeye people.
Hey Papafem, watch the replay – Hernandez CLEARLY fouls Boufal in the box – easy call, penalty kick – possibly ties the game – yet Boufal gets a yellow? What is that? Not only a bad call to not give a kick but an even worse call to yellow card the guy who was murdered on the play. And Morocco are sore losers to protest this joke of a call that could’ve cost them the World Cup? Please, wake up!
That’s a major scenario you just highlighted. I think often times we allow emotions to make us override the truth. For those hating Morocco because of their progress and failure of Ghana to make it out of their group and least African representative, I feel sorry for your plights because History will have it that Morocco is the first to make Semis from the continent. You can also be prepared to hate the next African nation that lifts the trophy because those who hate never gets to the top.
ARAB NATION…
YOU are on YOUR OWN!(OYO)
Morocco has done nothing to warrant all this insults. On many sources via FotMob their coach acknowledges Africa on most cases, and even if you read where they’re claiming Arabs what’s wrong with that??? Are they not Arabs??? You people are allowing some foreigners to be bringing the Spirit of hate in your mist. I’m just laughing….
True talk bro!, they are Africans and at the same time Arabs; there is nothing wrong in recognizing who they are.
I want to BELIEVE that nobody is an ILLITERATE.WE are LEARNED people in this FORUM.Haba!I mean after having MIlLIONS of AFRICAN CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS and TRADITIONALIST ROOTING and PRAYING for your VICTORY and then EVENTUALLY you WON but only came out to DEDICATE and THANK only the MUSLIM WORLD for the VICTORY is highly INCENTIVE…
Last last even if you HAIL the ARAB and MUSLIM WORLD, of which WE know they are, you would have just WRAPPED it up by saying the VICTORY is for all AFRICANS as a whole….