South African Football Association said it will petition the Federation of International Football Association FIFA and the Confederation of African Football CAF after a controversial penalty awarded to the Black Stars of Ghana eliminated the Bafana Bafana from the last round of Qatar 2020 qualifiers.
“The match officials have decided the game, which is not what is supposed to happen,” claimed South Africa Football Association’s (Safa) chief executive Tebogo Mothlante.
“We will be writing to both Caf [the Confederation of African Football] and [world governing body] Fifa – firstly to investigate how the game was handled and secondly to challenge some of these decisions.
“We have already registered with the match commissioner that we will be making a formal complaint.”
Recall that during the 2018 Russia World Cup qualifiers, the match between South Africa and Senegal was replayed after a Ghanian referee made questionable calls in favor of South Africa.
