{"id":47780,"date":"2023-03-22T17:31:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/22\/referee-suspended-for-using-spectators-mobile-phone-to-disallow-goal\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T17:31:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:31:34","slug":"referee-suspended-for-using-spectators-mobile-phone-to-disallow-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/22\/referee-suspended-for-using-spectators-mobile-phone-to-disallow-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Referee suspended for using spectator\u2019s mobile phone to disallow goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Referee-uses-phone-754x424-Copy-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Referee-uses-phone-754x424 (Copy)\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk has been suspended for using a spectator\u2019s mobile phone to disallow a goal in a league match.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Nasr thought they had scored a late equaliser away to Suez in a second-division match last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>There is no video assistant referee (VAR) in Egypt\u2019s second tier, but Farouk used the phone to watch a replay after the away side protested there was a handball.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Following a lengthy stoppage Farouk ruled the goal out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EFA\/status\/1638167359180374016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Egyptian Football Association said in a statement<\/a>\u00a0that Vitor Pereira, who replaced Mark Clattenburg as head of the Egyptian Referees Committee earlier this month, decided to suspend the entire refereeing staff for an \u201cindefinite period\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Former-Portuguese-referee-Vitor-Pereira.jpg\" alt=\"Referee suspended for using spectator's mobile phone to disallow goal\" class=\"wp-image-10032282547\" title=\"Referee suspended for using spectator's mobile phone to disallow goal\"\/><figcaption>Former Portuguese referee Vitor Pereira officiated at two World Cups and succeeded Mark Clattenburg as head of the Egyptian Referees Committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe committee decided to investigate the incident when Mohamed Farouk, the referee of the match, used a mobile phone to review footage of the match\u2019s events,\u201d the Egyptian FA added.<\/p>\n<p>Suez scored their third goal shortly after the disallowed goal to seal a 3-1 win, with 15 minutes of stoppage time being played.<\/p>\n<p>Farouk left the pitch under police protection, amid protests from Al-Nasr players and officials, who have threatened to take legal action against the referee for violating the regulations.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"g8om7hGjuYg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"World Water Day: Sibi residents continue to struggle in quest to access potable water (22-03-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8om7hGjuYg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk has been suspended for using a spectator\u2019s mobile phone to disallow a goal in a league match. Al-Nasr thought they had scored a late equaliser away to Suez in a second-division match last Friday. There is no video assistant referee (VAR) in Egypt\u2019s second tier, but Farouk used the phone to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Referee suspended for using spectator\u2019s mobile phone to disallow goal - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/22\/referee-suspended-for-using-spectators-mobile-phone-to-disallow-goal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Referee suspended for using spectator\u2019s mobile phone to disallow goal - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk has been suspended for using a spectator\u2019s mobile phone to disallow a goal in a league match. 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