Аргентины эсрэг тоглолтын дараа гарсан шүүгчийн шийдвэртэй холбоотой маргааныг ФИФА-гийн зүгээс эрс няцаав.
Египетийн шигшээ багийн дасгалжуулагч Хоссам Хассан шүүгч Франсуа Летексьег Аргентины талд үйлчилж, шударга бус шийдвэр гаргасан хэмээн буруутгасан юм. Мягмар гарагт болсон шөвгийн 16-гийн тоглолтод Египет 1:0-ээр тэргүүлж байхдаа VAR-ын шийдвэрээр гоолоо хүчингүй болгуулж, улмаар тоглолтын төгсгөлд Энцо Фернандесын гоолоор ялагдал хүлээсэн билээ. Хассан тоглолтын дараа шүүгчид Аргентины зүгээс дарамт ирсэн байх магадлалтай хэмээн мэдэгдсэн юм.
ФИФА-гийн шүүгчдийн албаны дарга Пьерлуижи Коллина энэхүү үндэслэлгүй хардлагыг эрс үгүйсгэв. Тэрээр ФИФА-гийн ерөнхийлөгч Жанни Инфантино хүртэл шүүгчдийн үйл ажиллагаанд нөлөөлөх боломжгүй бөгөөд тэдний бүрэн бие даасан байдлыг хүндэтгэдэг гэдгийг онцоллоо. Коллина шүүгчдийн нэр хүндэд халдсан ийм мэдэгдлүүд нь тэдний болон гэр бүлийнх нь аюулгүй байдалд заналхийлэл учруулж болзошгүйг анхааруулав.
Египетийн гоолыг хүчингүй болгосон VAR-ын шийдвэрийн тухайд Коллина тайлбарлахдаа, Мараван Аттиа Лисандро Мартинезийн эсрэг дүрэм зөрчсөн нь тоглолтын үр дүнд нөлөөлсөн гэж үзсэн байна. Тэрээр гоол оруулахын өмнөх үйл явдалд хугацааны хязгаарлалт байхгүй бөгөөд шүүгч талбай дээр хараагүй алдааг VAR-аар дамжуулан залруулах нь хэвийн үзэгдэл гэдгийг нэмж хэлэв.
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FIFA’s chief refereeing officer, Pierluigi Collina, has hit back at allegations that match officials can be influenced by external factors after suggestions that they are biased towards Argentina.
His comments came after Hossam Hassan, the Egypt head coach, criticised referee Francois Letexier and said his side had been “treated unfairly” and “suffered injustice” during their round-of-16 defeat by Argentina on Tuesday.
But Collina, a former World Cup final referee who joined FIFA in 2017, has strongly rejected the notion that his match officials are showing favouritism towards Argentina, or any other side.
“Nobody can claim that FIFA refereeing can be influenced by anyone, not even by the FIFA president (Gianni Infantino),” Collina said via FIFA’s website on Thursday.
“He (Infantino) has always shown his full support for FIFA Team One (the highest-ranking group of match officials) while trusting us to work with complete independence. Match officials make honest decisions and, just like players and coaches, they always try to do their best.
“Of course, constructive discussion about decisions will always be part of football, but unfounded allegations have no place in our sport.
“Nobody can question the integrity of the FIFA World Cup match officials. When this happens, it may provoke reactions that lead to threats against them and their families. This is not right.”
Hassan was left furious after believing his side was wrongly denied a second goal when they were 1-0 up, following a VAR check, and also felt Egypt should have been awarded a penalty in stoppage time before Enzo Fernandez scored Argentina’s winning goal.
“There seems to have been pressure on the Argentinian side on the referee that has brought about this outcome,” Hassan told reporters after the match.
“Life is unfair. The world is unfair. OK, but why isn’t there any fairness in sports? I’m not convinced by this outcome and by the way things unfolded in this match.”
Egypt’s Mostafa Ziko thought he had doubled his side’s lead during the second half with a superb breakaway goal, only for VAR to intervene and rule it out after determining that Marawan Attia had fouled Argentina’s Lisandro Martinez prior to the finish.
“If a foul is identified in the build-up and is deemed to have had an impact on the goal, the VAR will recommend an on-field review,” Collina added. “There is no defined limit regarding either the distance from goal or the amount of time between the incident and the goal.
“We believe that a foul is a foul. Regardless of whether the foul appears ‘obvious’, if the referee did not see it on the field of play, the VAR can intervene.”
