Goalkeeper Yassine Bounou left the starting line-up for the Moroccan national team, before the start of the match against his Belgian counterpart, which raises a question: Does this count as a substitution or not, and why?
Here's the answer.
Today, Sunday, Al-Thumama Stadium witnessed a rare incident before the match that ended with Morocco's 2-0 victory over Belgium, in the second round of Group E of the group stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Where Bono was among the basic formation of the Atlas Lions, which was announced before the match, and he performed the warm-up process, but during it he felt dizzy, so he went to his coach Walid Rakraki, and confided to him something that confirmed after that that he had asked to be replaced.
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Bono held out until he lined up with the team before the match, but he seemed tired as he was unable to stand to be replaced by goalkeeper Mounir Al-Mohammadi, who played a great match in which he kept a clean sheet.
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The match report - which Al-Jazeera reviewed an official copy of - did not mention that Al-Mohammadi's descent to Bono's place was considered a substitution, as Morocco made its five substitutions normally by replacing Ashraf Hakimi and Salim Amlah in the minute (63), Sufyan Boufal and Youssef Al-Nusairi (73), and Ezz El-Din. and Onahi (78).
This is explained by Article 3 of the Football Law, which states that the two teams have the right to make any modifications to the formation, as long as the whistle at the start of the match has not sounded, without this being counted among the official substitutions.
Ziyech's goal canceled
On the other hand, Mexican referee Cesar Arturo canceled Morocco's goal from a direct free kick by Hakim Ziyech, due to the offside of Roman Sayes, after referring to the video assistive technology "VAR" (VAR) in the second minute of stoppage time for the first half.
The Mexican match referee, Cesar Arturo, ruled out the goal due to Roman Sayes being offside, after referring to the VAR technique.
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The television footage shows Sayes' progress with the upper part of his body during Ziyech's shot, which confirms that the decision to cancel was correct, whether or not Sais touched it, because he participated in active play and affected the angle of view of the Belgian goalkeeper.