Followers have taken to social media contesting the yellow card for Morocco’s Sofiane Boufal, believing the choice ought to have gone the way in which of the Africans and they need to have been awarded a penalty.
The incident occurred halfway via the primary half of the World Cup semi-final, when Hakim Ziyech discovered house inside Theo Hernandez. The French defender then recovered, earlier than a heavy contact contained in the field noticed him collide with Boufal.
The collision was given in favour of France, with referee Cesar Ramos punishing the previous Southampton participant and brandishing Boufal the yellow card.
Theo Hernandez and Sofiane Boufal conflict within the World Cup semi-final between Morroco and France on Wednesday evening
Referee Cesar Ramos gave known as the problem in France’s favour however followers did not agree
Nevertheless, replays counsel that the choice may have simply gone in favour of Morocco by the use of a penalty and it did not go unnoticed by these watching.
Within the BBC Studio, Alan Shearer and Rio Ferdinand had opposing views on the incident, with Ferdinand believing it was a penalty and Shearer in full disagreement.
‘Not for me no.’ Shearer mentioned. ‘Hernandez really will get the ball. It is completely not a reserving.’
But Ferdinand was firmly within the African facet’s camp, and mentioned: ‘I believe anyplace else on the pitch that is a foul, so why is it not a penalty? That’s out of order. I believe it is a pen, he undoubtedly would not should get booked.’
Boufal was proven a yellow card after the collision however followers didn’t agree with the reserving
Whereas on talkSPORT former England defender Stuart Pearce backed up Ferdinand by saying: ‘I inform you what, I am that pondering that is extra of a penalty to Morocco than a free-kick to France.’
Followers posted their very own complaints on-line with one stating: ‘That was nearer to a penalty to Morocco than a yellow for Boufal. Surprising name imo.’ Whereas one other agreed by saying: ‘He acquired a yellow card as a substitute of penalty for Morocco’ after which added a facepalm emoji.
Lots of the blame fell on the ft of referee Ramos, as one fan mentioned: ‘Joke of a name by the referee, this was not a foul on Morocco in any respect, however definitely not a yellow card.’
Followers took to social media to assert that Morocco ought to have had a penalty within the incident
That tweet wasn’t alone and the criticism was felt by others watching the sport. One other posted: ‘Shameful resolution by the referee, the place Morocco needed to get a penalty, they acquired a yellow card for that.’
Some have been much more angered by the decision, and mentioned the choice fell in keeping with the officiating they’ve seen in Qatar.
‘Im misplaced’. The blunt fan tweeted. ‘How the f**ok is {that a} yellow card for Boufal? If something it is a penalty to Morocco. Weird. Officiating and VAR, horrible at #Qatar2022’.
The blame fell firmly on the ft of referee Cesar Ramos and followers have been fast to criticise him
There was even a cheeky tweet displaying an amended model of Cesar Ramos’ wikipedia web page, the place he’s now described as a ‘French fan’. It was posted with the caption: ‘Morocco followers weren’t proud of that yellow card.’
Seemingly suggesting that the web page had been modified by a Moroccan fan not proud of the referees efficiency.
Morocco made historical past by turning into the primary African nation to succeed in a World Cup semi-final, however acquired off to the worst attainable begin as Theo Hernandez opened the scoring after simply 5 minutes.
