In the just-concluded World Preliminary Tournament in Africa, Senegal eliminated Egypt in a penalty shootout and successfully qualified for the world cup for two consecutive times. However, Senegal seemed to be somewhat "unwinnable", and immediately after the match, Egypt filed a complaint demanding a fair penalty. At present, FIFA has launched an investigation, and they will carefully study the possible controversy on the pitch and strive to come up with a mutually satisfactory result.
The content of Egypt's complaint can be mainly divided into five aspects. 1st, when the game was in the penalty shootout, since the goal was located in the area with the most fans in the Senegalese home team, there were many people in the stands holding laser pointers and shining on the faces of Egyptian players. As seen from the footage on the spot, especially when Salah took the penalty, his face was completely illuminated green. The Egyptian side believes that the players have been seriously disturbed, they cannot see the position of the ball at all, and the shooting rate is greatly reduced. In fact, Salah and 2 other Egyptian players both conceded penalties and they were mainly responsible for the loss of the match.
Second, during the pre-match warm-up, Senegalese fans threw debris, including bricks, into the stadium, but fortunately did not cause injuries. Third, Senegalese fans blocked the bus that the Egyptian players were riding, causing the glass to shatter, and it seemed that someone had been injured because of the incident. Fourth, after the game, Salah was still insulted and attacked by Senegalese fans, and when he left the stadium, the mineral water bottles kept flying from the stands. Fifth, there are suspected racial attack signs in the stands, and the main victim is still Salah.
Of course, the Senegalese side's rhetoric is completely different, the president of the country's football association made it clear that when they played in Egypt, there were also many laser pointers in the stands, which meant that Egypt turned a blind eye to the misconduct of its own national fans, but grabbed the Senegalese fans, which was obviously a double standard. At the end of the day, Egypt is the losing side and will certainly find excuses and reasons, Senegal believes that it is all a diseaseless groan, the game is over, and it is acceptable to win or lose.
The issue is still inconclusive, FIFA has launched an investigation, and according to the relevant regulations, if someone in the stands does shine a laser pointer on the player, the referee should interrupt the game. But in the two rounds of the competition, the referee did not do this, especially in the second leg of the showdown, Salah is about to become the "Hulk", the referee is still blind. Leaving aside whether Senegal will be given a heavy penalty, the referee's problem will certainly be difficult to escape the heavy penalty, if the Egyptian team appeals successfully, the possibility of a replay between the two sides is not ruled out.