FIFA on
Wednesday ordered a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal to be
replayed after the referee was banned for match fixing.
The November
2016 tie, which will be restaged in November, was won by South Africa 2-1 after
Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey awarded them a controversial penalty.
Lamptey was
initially suspended for three months by African football’s ruling body CAF for
awarding a penalty for a non-existant handball”, with FIFA handing down the
life ban in March.
News of the
rematch comes as a boost for Senegal, who are placed third, one point behind
Cape Verde and Burkina Faso in African zone qualifying Group D, with two games
to go.
Only the
group winners secure a ticket to the 2018 finals in Russia.
FIFA
explained the decision to replay the game had come after sport’s highest court
CAS had confirmed “the lifetime ban of match referee, Joseph Lamptey, for match
manipulation, the ruling imposed by the FIFA Disciplinary and Appeal
Committees”.
The
statement added: “The match will be replayed within the November 2017
international window, with the exact date to be confirmed in due course.
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