{"id":417574,"date":"2017-09-12T18:30:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T18:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/12\/burkina-faso-accuse-fifa-of-favouring-senegal-in-battle-for-world-cup-2018-spots\/"},"modified":"2017-09-12T18:30:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T18:30:19","slug":"burkina-faso-accuse-fifa-of-favouring-senegal-in-battle-for-world-cup-2018-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/12\/burkina-faso-accuse-fifa-of-favouring-senegal-in-battle-for-world-cup-2018-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso accuse FIFA of favouring Senegal in battle for World Cup 2018 spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/29536091.295.jpg\" alt=\"Burkina Faso National Football Team\" title=\"Burkina Faso National Football Team\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Burkina Faso national football team<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1505241019_320_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The knock-on effect of FIFA ordering a replay of the South Africa-Senegal World Cup qualifier because of corrupt officiating has taken another twist with group leader Burkina Faso criticising the move as unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s Football Association (SAFA) held emergency talks on Monday following FIFA\u2019s decision which was based on \u201cmatch manipulation\u201d by Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey who has been banned for life.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa won the game 2-1 but the bigger picture is that Senegal are only a point behind Burkina Faso after four qualifiers, prompting the Burkino Faso FA (FBF) to issue a strongly worded condemnation of FIFA\u2019s ruling, describing it as \u201cillegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere, it says, does the FIFA disciplinary code \u201cdealing with cases of unlawful influence on the outcome of a match \u2026 in any way mention the possibility to repeat a game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the FBF accuses FIFA of deliberate favouritism and demands the decision be reversed in order to \u201csave us from a referral to the Court of Arbitration for Sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burkina Faso national football team &#13; The knock-on effect of FIFA ordering a replay of the South Africa-Senegal World Cup qualifier because of corrupt officiating has taken another twist with group leader Burkina Faso criticising the move as unconstitutional. 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