The World Preliminary Round in Africa has always been dramatic, and this tournament is no exception, with fans and referees repeatedly disrupting the game. Since the final stage of the World Preliminary Round in Africa is a play-off final, there are a total of 5 play-off finals, 10 teams are playing each other in two legs of life and death, of which four teams have a huge controversy, namely Egypt and Senegal, Algeria and Cameroon.
Egypt was 1-0 Senegal in the first leg, 0-1 Senegal in the second leg, did not score in extra time, and was killed by Senegal on penalties 1-3; Algeria was 1-0 Cameroon in the first leg, 0-1 Cameroon in the second leg, and was killed by Cameroon in extra time. The two African champions teams from Egypt and Algeria were reversed in the World Preliminary Tournament showdown, and both fell at the last minute, and were killed and killed respectively, and the point of contention was in the second leg of the showdown.
In the second leg of the match with Senegal, the Egyptian team was attacked by fans in multiple dimensions, verbally intimidated by fans, directly attacked by Senegalese fans with laser pointers during the penalty process, which seriously affected the players to take the penalty, and finally Salah lost the penalty, and Senegal won 3-1 on the penalty.
Algeria and Cameroon's second leg controversy is mainly a refereeing issue, the referee is considered to have a black whistle trait, although in the 118th minute of the game, Algeria scored a quasi-kill goal, Cameroon scored a second-reading seconds in the 124th minute of the game, these two goals are no problem, but before Algeria suffered two big losses, in the 40th minute of the game, cameroonian players in the penalty area handball was ignored by the referee; in the 98th minute of the game, the Algerian striker scored 1 goal, the referee first determined that the goal was valid, However, the goal player Slimani was awarded the first handball through VAR, resulting in the invalidation of the goal.
After the two matches, Egypt, which has won the African Cup of Nations seven times, and Algeria, which has won the African Cup of Nations twice, have both applied for a replay, on the grounds that the players have been attacked by fans and the black whistle is too obvious. The Algerian Football Association officially confirmed that it had applied to FIFA for a replay, bluntly saying that the referee's penalty in the play-offs directly affected the final result of the match, and they hoped that FIFA would investigate the issue of the referee on duty, and at the same time apply for a replay, and to ensure that the referee was fair.
Coincidentally, the Egyptian Football Association also confirmed the application to resume the match with Senegal, because the Egyptian players were attacked by Senegalese fans, and even intimidated, and the impact of the laser pointer incident was very bad. Recently, the FIFA meeting was held in Doha, and the Egyptian representatives communicated with FIFA senior Impartino, who hoped that the African Football Association and FIFA would intervene in this regard and support Egypt's decision to apply for a rematch. According to the previous World Preliminary Tournament practice, Egypt and Algeria both applied for a rematch, and the success rate was almost equal to zero, and they most likely could only use it to appease the fans.