The FIFA Referees Committee decided to exclude 50 referees from the 2022 World Cup referees in Qatar, including Gambian referee Bakari Gassama and Zambian Jani Sikazwe, and we will reveal the reasons for excluding these referees from the World Cup.

The list of those excluded by the FIFA Referees Committee, headed by the Italian Collina, includes 16 referees for the arena with their assistants (30) and 4 referees for the “Var” video technology.

Most of the referees who returned to their countries starting last Thursday only managed one match, which reflects Colina's dissatisfaction with their level in it or his lack of conviction with them from the outset and their choice to apply the rule of representing continents only, which is what happened with the continent of Africa in particular.

However, among those who departed was also the Iranian referee, Ali Reza Faghani, who managed two matches, but missed an incorrect penalty kick, despite reviewing the screen of the mouse technique.

Usually in major tournaments such as the World Cup, almost half of the referees are dispensed with the end of the first round or the final price, as happened in the Qatar World Cup, which witnessed the largest arbitration presence in the history of the World Cup tournaments, with 129 women referees being chosen for the first time as well.

Retaining the referees until the end of the World Cup will be a reward from the Referees Committee for the glorious ones among them, although the retention of some is due to factors other than competence, which is evidenced by the poor level of Spanish referee Antonio Lahoz, who almost ruined the Argentine-Netherlands match with his arbitration decisions in the final price and the string of the match.

Which caused altercations between the players, who received 12 warnings, including 8 for Argentine players only.

rulers of Africa

As usual, the continent of Africa, most of its referees were excluded after the final price, as Algerian Mustafa Ghorbal and South African Victor Gomez were kept with their crews, with Moroccan Reda Jaid continuing among the video technology referees, while 3 refereeing teams led by Gassama and Sikazoy left and managed one match each, and the Senegalese. Magat Ndaye and Rwandan Selima, who did not officiate any matches on the field, participated only as the fourth official.

Al-Jazeera Net learned from informed sources that Colina is not convinced of the selected African referees, especially Gassama and Sikazoy, who are being pursued by accusations of match-fixing, the latest of which is Gassama's accusation of causing Cameroon's victory over Algeria in its stadium and its qualification for the Qatar World Cup, and this is not the first questioning of the Gambian referee;

Rather, the accusations have haunted him for several years, and he has never been punished by FIFA or the African Union, "K."

Gassama, 43, was one of the most controversial rulers in Africa.

Accusations also haunted him after he managed the 2019 CAF Champions League final between Esperance de Tunis and Moroccan Wydad Casablanca, which stopped in the second half after the Moroccan team withdrew from the field, in protest at the cancellation of a goal by striker Walid El Karti on the grounds of offside.

The Wydad players had asked Gassama to return to video technology before they withdrew from the stadium and the referee announced - at the time - the end of the match, with Esperance winning 1-0.

Sikazwe arbitration disasters are no less than Gassama, but the first was subjected to a temporary suspension after being accused of corruption and bribery in November, following his obvious catastrophic mistakes that caused Tunisian Esperance to qualify for the 2019 CAF Champions League final at the expense of the Angolan “first August” team in the semi-finals. tournament.

Sikazoy's last incident was his "arbitration disaster" in the Tunisia-Mali match on January 12 in the African Cup of Nations, when he suddenly decided to end the match in the 85th minute, before deciding to complete the match after the Tunisian technical staff objected.

Sikazoy repeated the same thing again, after he finished the match 10 seconds before the end of the normal time, announcing a 1-0 Mali victory, without announcing stoppage time, despite the meeting stopping for several minutes to review video technology and the two teams making many substitutions and taking advantage of a time out to drink. water due to the high temperature.

All of this was not enough to stop Gassama and Sikazuy or exclude them from the nominations of the Qatar World Cup referees. On the contrary, they were chosen, and Gassama set a record for managing matches in 3 World Cup versions.

Why was Sikazue and Gassama chosen for the Qatar World Cup?

A source in "Al-Kaf" told Al-Jazeera Net - who refused to be named - that Eddie Mayi, the former director of arbitration in Al-Kaf (also accused in similar cases when he was an international referee), was one of the most prominent supporters of the two and rejected proposals to replace them from the list of candidates for the World Cup, and that this may be One of the reasons why CAF did not renew May’s contract was the appointment of Doi from Ivory Coast as director of arbitration in the middle of this year.

The source said that FIFA is obligated to seek the help of referees from all continents, and it often recommends CAF nominations as long as there is no official protest and investigation proving the referee’s involvement in corruption cases, which makes the FIFA Referees Committee put them on the list of World Cup referees, but do not rely on them except in a match. One at most, often not strong and deported with the first departing cohort of rulers, as happened this time.

With the exception of those the referees are convinced of their competence, such as Gharbal and Gomez, more than one match is assigned to them and they continue until the end of the tournament, exactly as it happened.