World football governing body FIFA have dismissed South Africa’s protest seeking to have their game against Ghana forced into a replay after Bafana Bafana had complained of the controversial refereeing decisions in the match that ended up seeing the Black Stars advance to the African World Cup playoffs.The South African Football Association (SAFA) had lodged an official complaint after some questionable refereeing decisions by Senegalese official Maguette Ndiaye, including the penalty which lead to the only goal in the match played on 14 November 2021.Breaking News:https://t.co/RGuaBYzdGY— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) November 17, 2021 A day after the match, FIFA acknowledged that they received the complaint and were looking into the matter and have now confirmed their decision made by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.“The protest lodged by South Africa has been declared inadmissible by the Disciplinary Committee as it did not meet the requirements foreseen under art. 46 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and art. 14 of the Regulations of the Preliminary Competition of the FIFA World Cup 2022. The decision is subject to appeal,” read the decision signed by Mr. Jorge Palacio, head of the Committee.Fifa have dismissed South Africa’s protest following the 1-0 loss to Ghana in their decisive World Cup qualifier last month, with SAFA saying they will consider further steps once they read the judgement.— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) December 3, 2021 In a rebuttal to the decision that most South Africans will feel hard done by, SAFA said they will consider their options with an appeal allowed.“The South African Football Association (SAFA) will consider its options after the world football governing body (FIFA) dismissed its protest following Bafana Bafana’s controversial 1-0 loss to the Black Stars of Ghana last month,” SAFA posted on their website.SAFA CEO, Advocate Tebogo Monthlante said once SAFA gets reasons for the outcome, they will sit down and weigh the options.“We have received the decision without details and we will request FIFA for the reasons and consider our options,” the CEO said.SAFA to consider options after FIFA dismisses Ghana protest https://t.co/ZCfD6Sbt2v @BafanaBafana— SAFA.net (@SAFA_net) December 3, 2021
