Jamal Al-Ghandour, arbitration expert on beIN Sports, has resolved the controversy surrounding the lost time counted in the Qatar-Algeria match in the Arab World Cup semi-final.
And this former international referee said - during the arbitration paragraph that followed the meeting - that the total of the stops, which included injuries without counting the four substitutions made over the course of the half, amounted to 10 minutes and 40 seconds.
Al-Ghandour added that the referee's calculation of 9 minutes of lost time was appropriate for the circumstances of that match, noting that the spectator did not feel those stops because he did not follow them.
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He explained that Qatar's goal was scored in the 96th minute and 40 seconds, which is within the time already calculated by the referee, and then play stopped due to the return to the mouse for about two minutes, he said.
And the former international referee asked, "Did play stop for 10 minutes after the equalizing goal? Because the match extended to an additional 19 minutes in a record," stressing that calculating that period requires a full day.
It is noteworthy that the winning goal scored by the Algerian player Youssef El-Bilaili from a penalty kick awarded by the referee in the 16th minute of the time instead of lost from the age of the match, the "Desert Warriors" will face Tunisia in the final of the Arab World Cup next Saturday.