Tanzania’s Women U20 player Fumukazi Ally Nguruwe has been suspended for three matches following her unsporting conduct in their 2-1 loss to Ethiopia on Wednesday in the ongoing CECAFA Women U20 Championship in Uganda, with the team receiving a USD500 fine for the indiscipline.Nguruwe was caught on camera confronting the assistant referee after what would have been their equalizer against Ethiopia was ruled out for offside in stoppage time, with some members from the technical bench joining her in the confrontation.The player would be consequently sent off after the fracas cooled down and Tanzania went on to lose the game.✔️ Right call I think by the assistant referee as #Tanzania player @MasakaAisha appeared offside. ❌ Wrong call by the #Tanzania players to physically attack the match officials. ❌You never do such a despicable act under any circumstances. #CECAFAWomenU20Championship pic.twitter.com/1VrmKTrQJh— Cephas TENDEREZA (@CephasTendereza) November 3, 2021 In a statement, the regional body confirmed that the action against the player, affirming that she would be missing the next three matches under CECAFA.The letter also detailed that the disciplinary body looked at both reports from the match commissioner and the referee in addition to the video evidence availed to them before arriving at their decision.”CECAFA’s disciplinary committee on November 4th suspended Tanzanian player Fumukazi Ally Nguruwe for unsporting behavior during match No 7 at the ongoing CECAFA Women’s U-20 Championship in Njeru, Uganda. After assessing the match commissioner and referee’s report, and display of video evidence, the committee observed that during the match between Tanzania and Ethiopia on November 3rd at the FUFA technical, Nguruwe confronted the referee and grabbed the flag from the 1st assistant referee. CECAFA suspended the player for three matches organized by CECAFA,” part of the statement read.90+3′ 🟥 Fumukazi Ally Nguruwe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇹🇿 1-2 Ethiopia 🇪🇹 ( Clara Luvanga 86′ | Mesay Temesgen 47′, Nyabouny Yien 53′ ) #TANETHI#CECAFAWomenU20Championship— Cecafaonline (@Cecafaonline) November 3, 2021 Two other players from the side, Emeliana Isaya Mbimu and Mwanamvua Seif Haruna, received a lenient charge and were warned for pushing the same assistant referee in the confrontation.The team’s kit manager Esther Fred Chabruma also faces a one-match suspension for using abusive language towards the same official according to CECAFA.Kenya did not send a tea at the tournament after the walloping by Uganda in the 2022 FIFA U20 Women World Cup Qualifiers, with the circumstances on which no team was sent to the tournament remaining unclear.
