{"id":9631,"date":"2022-01-27T20:58:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T20:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/red-cards-mar-2021-afcon-round-of-16-games"},"modified":"2022-01-27T21:32:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T21:32:45","slug":"red-cards-mar-2021-afcon-round-of-16-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/red-cards-mar-2021-afcon-round-of-16-games","title":{"rendered":"Red Cards Mar 2021 AFCON Round Of 16 Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Round of 16 games at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) ended on Wednesday but the first phase of the knockout fixtures was marred by red cards.<\/p>\n

Sixteen teams played eight matches, beginning from Sunday, as they sought a place in the quarter-final of Africa\u2019s premier football competition in Cameroon. Seven red cards were issued in eight games in the Round of 16 encounters, raising questions about the quality of officiating at the AFCON.<\/p>\n

They were five red cards in the first four games of the round. In fact, there were two in the game between Guinea and Gambia \u2013 one for each side \u2013and the same number in the clash between Senegal and Cape Verde which saw Ibrahima Conte and Yusupha Njie given the marching orders. It was only during the last batch of matches on Wednesday that no player was sent off.<\/p>\n

In the first knockout game between Burkina Faso and Gabon, Sydney Obiza was sent off for a second bookable offence after pushing down Issa Kabore in the box. Burkina Faso went on to win the game 7-6 on penalties after it ended 1-1.<\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s Alex Iwobi was later sent off in the second match of the night when the Super Eagles lost 0-1 to Tunisia. The former Arsenal player, who came on as a second-half substitute, was initially booked for a challenge on Youssef Msakni. But a VAR review changed the decision and Iwobi was handed a red card, minutes after he entered the pitch.The following day, things took another turn when three red cards were dished out in two matches. Both Guinea and Gambia had one player sent off as the Scorpions battled to reach the last eight.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the situation reached another level when Cape Verde ended with nine men in the defeat to tournament-favourite, Senegal. Two goals were enough to send the 2002 finalists to the quarter-final in the Central African nation. The Teranga Lions may have won the match but the highlights of the tie were two red cards given to the Blue Sharks. Captain Patrick Andrade was the first to be sent off in the 20th minute when he challenged Paris Saint Germain (PSG)\u2019s Idrissa Gueye. After consulting VAR, the referee sent him off.<\/p>\n

They got a second one when goalkeeper, Vozinha, was red-carded. The Cape Verde man had a head collision with Liverpool\u2019s Sadio Mane nine minutes into the second half after an attempt to stop the striker. A VAR check was needed before the goalkeeper was sent off!<\/p>\n

The development triggered conservations among football fans with many questioning the quality of officiating in the AFCON. One of the most vocal was former Ghanaian international, Mikel Essien, who described the situation as \u201cshocking\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018Officiating Wasn\u2019t Fair\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of these red card decisions in #AFCON are shocking,\u201d the former Chelsea star, tweeted days after his country crashed out of the competition. \u201cIs football getting soft???\u201dIn the wake of Nigeria\u2019s ouster from the biennial event, the Super Eagles coach, Austine Eguavoen, faulted the centre referee for the red card on Iwobi.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was clear that the officiating wasn\u2019t fair,\u201d Eguavoen said about Maguette Ndiaye\u2019s outing in Garoua. \u201cI won\u2019t criticise the referee because they are masters of the game, but Alex Iwobi\u2019s red card wasn\u2019t fair. The foul wasn\u2019t an intentional one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the Confederations of Africa Football (CAF) has not commented on the matter, fans are worried that since most of the red cards were issued after VAR reviews, match officials might be struggling with the new technology which was introduced for the first time in all AFCON games.<\/p>\n

CAF had in the past used VAR from the quarter-finals \u2013 starting from Egypt 2019. But in an early January statement, the football body said for \u201cthe first time in the history of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, all 52 matches of the competition will use Video Assistant Referee (VAR)\u201d.<\/p>\n

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