But have you ever heard of the referee blowing the whistle to end a game after 89 minutes of play? I've never heard of that! And the referee blew the whistle twice? In fact, 3 times? If you're talking about a low tier domestic game then that's fine, but this was a case of it happening in an official international match.
The match was played by Tunisia against Mali and the referee was Janny Sikazwe from Chambria. In the 85th minute of the match, Marlies were leading Tunisia 1:0. Janny Sikazwe suddenly blew the whistle to end the match. All the Tunisian players and coaches were in a state of question marks and immediately protested to the referee that the match time had not expired. The referee looked at his watch, I don't know what he saw, but he signaled for the match to continue.
But the game went on for just over four minutes and with less than 20 seconds left in the 89th minute, Janny Sikazwe blew the whistle for the second time to end the game. The Tunisian players and coaches were of course stunned again, and the coach protested angrily with the referee to express his dissatisfaction. But this time Janny Sikazwe ignored the protests of the Tunisian players and left the stadium under security guard.
In fact, it is not unheard of for players to be told to come back to make up the time. Last April 25, 2021, in the world's top league, La Liga, there was a case where the referee stopped the game after three minutes of extra time when there should have been four minutes. The referee stopped the game after 3 minutes, but after a few minutes he admitted his mistake and asked both teams to come back to finish the last minute of the game, which happened after 90 minutes of the regular time, so to speak.
Back to the main focus of today's match, there was a bit of a hiccup in the 85-89 period, when Janny Sikazwe gave a red card to the leading Marlies player in the 86th minute, a red card that was extremely controversial. The foul committed by the Mali player was not too serious and a yellow card for a first offense would have been enough. However, Janny Sikazwe did not listen to the VAR's suggestion to take back the red card after reviewing the video, and insisted on giving a red card. Of course, Janny Sikazwe's behavior was not illegal, and the referee could have upheld his decision based on his judgment, but this is a controversial point.
Tunisia lodged an official protest against the fairness of the match immediately after the game, while Africa
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They also immediately said that they would not respond until they had gathered all the information they needed, and 24 hours later the official statement was released. After reviewing all the reports, there is no problem with the game? That's all.
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The World Soccer Championships. Wow! It turns out that Janny Sikazwe has refereed 2 matches at the highest level of soccer. He was also the first referee ever to officiate at the World Cup, so it's not like he's been refereeing in big matches and is under too much pressure!
