Burkina Faso Protest Algeria Win

Started by Folami David, Nov 22, 2013, 09:51 PM

Folami David

The Burkina Faso football federation (FBF) have complained to Fifa over what they say was the ineligible participation of Algerian defender Madjid Bougherra in Tuesday's World Cup play-off defeat.
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The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up claim Bougherra - who scored the only goal in Blida which pulled Algeria level 3-3 on aggregate and took them to Brazil on away goals - should have been suspended, while they also appealed against the performance of Senegalese referee Badara Diatta.
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According to FBF president Sita Sangare, Bougherra picked up a yellow card during the group stage of qualifying against Mali and also went into the book during Burkina Faso's 3-2 win in the first leg of their play-off, which should have ruled him out of the second leg.
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The federation have also argued that Diatta failed to play out the full four minutes of injury time, depriving them the chance of a late equaliser which would have qualified them for next year's finals in Brazil.
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Burkina Faso have never appeared at a World Cup finals.

EbukaOkafor14

Burkina Faso should just forget about the world cup and focus on 2018

Nifemi Donald

To say the truth, i watched the game and the ref only allowed play to go on for 2 mins instead of 4 after 90 minutes.