{"id":418245,"date":"2017-09-14T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T09:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/14\/angry-south-africa-fa-chiefs-to-storm-fifa-headquarters-over-world-cup-replay\/"},"modified":"2017-09-14T09:30:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T09:30:26","slug":"angry-south-africa-fa-chiefs-to-storm-fifa-headquarters-over-world-cup-replay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/14\/angry-south-africa-fa-chiefs-to-storm-fifa-headquarters-over-world-cup-replay\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry South Africa FA chiefs to storm FIFA headquarters over World Cup replay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 14 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/92993182.295.jpg\" alt=\"Infantino New Fifa President\" title=\"Infantino New Fifa President\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Fifa President Infantino<\/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\/1505381425_580_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Angry senior South Africa Football Association (Safa) officials will travel to Switzerland in the coming days to voice their unhappiness with Fifa after the governing body ordered Bafana Bafana to replay their 2018 World Cup qualifier against Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>Bafana beat the Senegalese 2-1 in Polokwane in November 2016\u201a but the qualifier came under scrutiny after the West Africans reported controversial referee Joseph Lamptey\u2019s performance to Fifa.<\/p>\n<p>Safa officials faced considerable criticism from the public after they announced on Tuesday that they would not challenge Fifa\u2019s decision on moral and ethical grounds of the association\u201a which did not want to benefit from match manipulation\u201a even if Fifa had established no wrongdoing on the part of South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Safa CEO Dennis Mumble said on Wednesday afternoon they were as unhappy as the nation\u2019s soccer lovers and he would travel to the Fifa headquarters with the association\u2019s legal committee head Norman Arendse to communicate the country\u2019s annoyance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018The way it stands right now\u201a we will replay the game as instructed by Fifa\u201a\u201d Mumble said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018We are not formally challenging the decision (to replay the match) but we are going to register our concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The controversial referee received a lifetime ban from Fifa for match manipulation but Mumble said they have since learnt that he is now challenging the decision in the Swiss courts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018Should the courts find that Fifa erred in this matter\u201a then clearly we have to also go in and assert our rights because we will also be affected by it\u201a\u201d Mumble said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018As much as we agree that we have to stamp out corruption in football and we took the moral high ground here and agreed to the replay the match because we do not want to be recipients of a corrupt outcome\u201a it doesn\u2019t mean that we should not raise these matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018These are very serious matters for the conduct of the game in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mumble said there are several other issues that do not sit well with them and they will let Fifa know exactly how they feel about the implications of the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Safa were never asked to present their side of the story and they were given very little information until Fifa dropped their bombshell last week.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing\u201a the rules require teams to register protests within two hours after the completion of a match and there is suspicion that Senegal did not meet this deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Mumble said they are leaving the door open and even though they have agreed to replay the game\u201a they could still go the legal route and challenge the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018We are leaving the door open and if anything changes\u201a clearly we will also have to reassess our position in this respect.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018We still believe it was the right decision to actually support the replay of this match\u201a but at the same time we must still raise our concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018If there is a legal way for us to do that\u201a clearly we are not going to sit back and fold our arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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