Witness: The referee cancels the goal of Karti in Mouloudia in the same way as his goal canceled by Esperance .. Is Wydad the favorite victim of African arbitration?

Mouloudia Algeria's match with Wydad Casablanca of Morocco in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the African Champions League football, on Friday, witnessed a "suspicious" arbitration mistake that could cause the dismissal of Wydad, who had previously suffered similar errors.

The match, which was held in the Algerian capital, ended in a 1-1 draw, pending the return match in Morocco on the 22nd of this month.

And while the result was a goalless draw, the Ethiopian referee, Bamlak Tessema, canceled a goal by Wydad, which was scored by Walid Al-Karti in the 35th minute, based on the flag of the presence of the infiltration of the first assistant referee, Mohamed Abdullah Ibrahim.

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And in vain, the Wydad players tried to convince the assistant referee of the correctness of the goal, but he adhered to the decision to cancel, and the referee supported it, who was unable to use the video assistant referee "Far" technique because the Confederation of African Football (CAF) approved the use of the mouse with the start of the semi-finals of the tournament only.

In the language of football law, the assistant referee considered that Al-Karti was offside because he benefited from his being in an offside position when the ball rebounded to him from the crossbar after his colleague Ayoub Al-Kaabi headed.

And the benefit is one of the 3 reasons that require the counting of offside with interference with the opponent and interference in active play according to the text of Article 11 (offside) in the Football Law.

In short, the striker benefits from being in an offside position when the ball bounces back to him from the goalkeeper or the defender or the stand and the crossbar, but on condition that he be offside at the moment his last teammate touches the ball, which was not achieved "very clearly" in the case of Karti, who was not offside. In any way, or even if he is suspected of infiltration, this raises questions about the repeated, disastrous arbitration errors that are almost all in the interest of the stadium owners, and there is no consolation for the guests.

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Not so long ago, the correct Karti goal was canceled also for infiltration in the famous Champions League final against Esperance at the Rades stadium, and the cancellation of this goal caused the withdrawal of Wydad and the crowning of the Tunisian champion the title, which was followed by a series of protests and resorting to the Court of Arbitration for Sport until it caused CAF to decide to play The final of the tournament is on a neutral stadium in an attempt to limit the phenomenon of courtesy of the owners of the land.

The fingers of accusation point to the African rulers of being biased towards the owners of the land, but others went to accuse some of them of corruption, especially since Ahmed Ahmed, the former head of the CAF, imposed harsh penalties by removing dozens of rulers who were proven to have received bribes, and others were arrested due to direct complaints of courtesy to some teams, most notably Tunisia's Esperance, Congolese Mazembe and Al-Ahly. Egyptian.