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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>APR head coach Ben Moussa and his assistant Jamel Eddine Neffati were embroiled in a touchline row with referee Nsoro Ruzindana after they questioned on different occasions the refereeing calls he made during the team\u2019s goalless draw with Gasogi at the Bugesera Stadium on Saturday, April 15.<\/p>\n

The pair, who were desperately in need of a goal, cut a frustrating figure as they were not happy with the time-wasting actions of Gasogi\u2019s Kevin Ishimwe who deliberately stopped play when there was no infringement prompting them to protest against the referee\u2019s decisions that, they claim, cost the team the match.<\/p>\n

Neffati was furious with Nsoro who showed him a yellow card which infuriated him. The Tunisian registered his displeasure by removing his shirt and hitting it on the ground which is against association football rules only to be shown a second yellow card that saw him sent off.<\/p>\n

In an post-match interview, Neffati said that Nsoro has been taking the rift ‘personal’ even before APR\u2019s draw with Gasogi claiming that the referee denied him to speak to his coach about possible substitutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was here last year and there was no problem, but this year I don’t know why that referee is behaving this way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was sitting and talking to the head coach about the substitutions, he came and told me that I should not be there, that instead I should be where the players were doing the warm ups,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Neffati\u2019s red card means that he will miss APR\u2019s next two league games against Police and AS Kigali through suspension which he said was all that Nsoro had planned.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat he did today [Saturday] was a plan because he wanted me to be suspended for the Police, AS Kigali matches, and other fixtures that will follow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Asked why he threw his APR jacket away, the Tunisian said, \u201c Taking off APR’s shirt was not disrespect to the team but human anger because of what happened to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI love APR, I see myself as their ambassador wherever I am because, even when I’m outside this country I talk a lot about it and its players, I see myself a part of this club so me throwing the jacket away was nothing against this club,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Club head coach Ben Moussa also questioned Nsoro\u2019s refereeing decisions during APR\u2019s recent matches, claiming that there might be a campaign against APR to win the title.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not the first time that this happens, Nsoro always does it against us. He is the one who officiated our match against Rayon Sports and granted a goal that hasn\u2019t crossed the line,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m fed up with the way the referees handle the games, they don’t want APR FC to win the league title,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

APR\u2019s goalless draw against Gasogi saw them tied at the top of the table with Kiyovu at 53 points though they have superior goal difference.<\/p>\n

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