FIFA is reportedly trying to ban the broadcast of footage of Moroccan star Ashraf Hakimi facing FIFA president Gianni Infantino after last night’s World Cup third-place play-off.
FIFA reportedly attempted to cover up footage of Moroccan star Achraf Hakimi facing FIFA president Gianni Infantino. After the World Cup third-place play-off against Croatia . The tournament was stunned by going all the way to the semi-finals, failing to win a bronze medal in Qatar. After brilliant goals from Yosco Guardiol and Mislav Orsic . Croatia won last night. Although they may have to blame themselves for missing important chances. Morocco were not happy with the referee’s performance in this UFABET game either.
Central to their anger was the fact that the Atlas Lions were denied a penalty for handball when Yusuf Al-Naziri ‘s header struck Bruno Petkovic . In the replay image, you can see that the ball hits his back. Morocco raged again when Hakimi was knocked down by the same Croatian striker. But did not receive a yellow card, while Abdul Rahman Al-Jasim, the Qatari referee, waved to play on.
A post-match protest took place on the pitch. By Valid Regraki’s team , let the emotions take over. But even if Hakimi leaves the field The FIFA president, who has come under heavy criticism, still feels his anger, according to beIN Sports . Saint-Germain He asked Infantino who was waiting to hand over the medal to Croatia. Regarding the performance of the referee in a polite but serious manner
Although tensions subside when Hakimi’s teammates walk him out, But there are reports that FIFA is trying to stop the image from being released to the public. “They want us to remove the footage,” says SVT Sports correspondent Johan Gugugaslan . “It is clear that these incidents are embarrassing for them. And it’s a little too easy for them to think dozens of journalists shouldn’t have reported it when we saw it.”
This isn’t the first time that Morocco feels unfairly treated. In the 2-0 semi-final defeat to France, they were also upset with the referee. The fact that FIFA has just given them to host the Club World Cup should come as a relief to them. Although head coach Regraki tried to lift the country’s spirit after the game, After they beat Belgium, Spain and Portugal in seven games at this World Cup.
“Before the tournament we had a 0.01 per cent chance of doing this. And we qualified for the final four teams,” confirmed the Morocco manager. “Right now we are one of the top four teams in the world and if you had told me that before the tournament I would have taken it, I wouldn’t change a thing . word And they are a little stronger than us. just like france which is not a shameful thing We have to catch up and have spent the last 10 years trying to do that. We also learned a lot playing with Belgium, Spain and Portugal. We have shown that we can go one-on-one with these top teams. Team Europe’s DNA in Reaching the Finals And we need to develop that in our DNA too, and one day we can win the World Cup.”