Morocco has officially lodged a complaint with FIFA over poor refereeing in the World Cup semifinal. (More Football News)
Morocco became the first African nation to enter the semifinal of the showpiece tournament where they lost 2-0 to defending champions France.
Morocco has officially lodged a complaint with FIFA over poor refereeing in the World Cup semifinal. (More Football News)
Morocco became the first African nation to enter the semifinal of the showpiece tournament where they lost 2-0 to defending champions France. FRMF, the Moroccan football governing body stated that an official complaint had been filed against referee Cesar Ramos.
"The FMRF has written to the relevant body to review the refereeing decisions that deprived the Moroccan team of two penalties that were indisputable in the view of several refereeing specialists," the governing body said in its complaint.
"The FMRF was equally astonished that the video assistant referee (VAR) did not react to these situations," it added to the previous statement.
One of those penalty incidents resulted in the Morocco players contesting Hernandez's tackling, which led to Sofiane Boufal getting shown a yellow card.
Ramos had previously officiated in three World Cup matches across the group stage and round of 16.
Morocco will next face Croatia in the third spot play-off on December 17. The final will be played between Argentina and France on December 18 at the Lusail Stadium.