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The president of Zambia Football Association, Andrew Kamanga has reacted to the disallowed goal his country suffered in the 2018 Russia World Cup qualifiers which held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
He revealed that they will not be appealing disallowed goal
Senegal successfully had their appeal against poor officiating in their game against South Africa granted by FIFA and a replay has been ordered. But Zambia will not be going down that lane.
Kamanga admits they studied all possible routes to appeal the goal, which was scored by Augustine Mulenga, but later found no substance to appeal the goal which was ruled out for offside.
According to him, Article 15.6 of the FIFA rules says decision made by the referee is final and can only be appealed if there is evidence of external influence, which wasn’t the case in the game against Nigeria.
“The rules being what they are cannot overturn the decision of the referee. The only basis is when there was external influence. So the referee maybe carpeted for making a wrong decision but the decision still stands and unfortunately that is where we stand,” he said in an interview with the press in Zambia.
He revealed that they will not be appealing disallowed goal
Senegal successfully had their appeal against poor officiating in their game against South Africa granted by FIFA and a replay has been ordered. But Zambia will not be going down that lane.
Kamanga admits they studied all possible routes to appeal the goal, which was scored by Augustine Mulenga, but later found no substance to appeal the goal which was ruled out for offside.
According to him, Article 15.6 of the FIFA rules says decision made by the referee is final and can only be appealed if there is evidence of external influence, which wasn’t the case in the game against Nigeria.
“The rules being what they are cannot overturn the decision of the referee. The only basis is when there was external influence. So the referee maybe carpeted for making a wrong decision but the decision still stands and unfortunately that is where we stand,” he said in an interview with the press in Zambia.
