South Africa is relying on the analysis of a ‘lying attention seeking’ ex-referee Ace Ncobo in their protest over Ghana’s 1-0 win over the Bafana Bafana in last Sunday’s 2022 World Cup qualifier.
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The South African Football Association (SAFA) has collaborated with Ncobo to analyze the game, and the referee claimed in the first half alone almost 90 percent of wrong calls went against South Africa.
Ace Ncobo, the general manager of the PSL in 2009, was forced to resign after failing a lie-detecting test regarding allegations of corruption and his role in investigating match-fixing claims at the time in the South African league by referees.
After his resignation, the PSL described him as a liar and an attention seeker. It seems he is in the same vein again with SAFA.
The same former referee, who was not seen credible enough to manage the PSL, is now at the forefront of the South African FA’s press conferences trying to justify bias officiating of the Senegalese match official in the Ghana game.
He first appeared on SuperSport TV, presenting his claimed findings in trying to indict the match official of bias officiating, and also at SAFA’s press conference yesterday, Wednesday, November 17.
“Poor performance means that the referee had 51 v 49% incorrect decisions. But 89% incorrect decisions against one team means there is a pattern of bias which equals manipulation of the results,” he said on SuperSport.
“That is the leg that SAFA can stand on. What is the reason behind that pattern of bias is not for me to say. I believe SAFA has additional evidence that they have collected. There are specific issues relating to the awarding of penalties,” said the former ace referee.
Ncobo’s findings are now part of SAFA’s evidence to bias officiating and match manipulation sent to Fifa to get the match replayed.
Fifa has requested the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to respond to SAFA’s protest, if any, by November 20 and the case will be forwarded to Fifa’s Disciplinary Committee on November 23.
Source: Sportyafrica.com
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