Cameroon faced Egypt last night in Olembe as the two African giants tied the score by the end of the first 90 minutes. With extra time played post that, a successful result was still to be reached. The two teams finally faced off in penalties with Mohammad Salah’s Egypt taking the match and the finals spot with a 3-1 score line.
During the match, the Egyptian coach Carlos Queiroz was sent off by the head referee after continuously protesting his side of the story in the second half. The head referee, Bakary Gassama sent off the Egyptian after he had heard enough.
The Egyptian coach, in the post match interviews had this to say, “”Again, unfortunately, they send this type of referee to a game of this level, referees with no experience, no level, wanting to put on a show… It started right in the dressing room,”
“We hadn’t started the game yet and he came to the locker room to intimidate our staff. But even against this, against all the decisions, which were always against Egypt, we were the best team in the second half and on penalties.”
“CAF doesn’t respect Egypt, from the timings to the quality of the pitches – we had the worst pitches! We are Egypt!
“How can this referee, after what he has done in the past, be in the African Cup of Nations? Who understands this? Nobody!”
“I want to state to all CAF authorities that Senegal have one extra day to train and therefore maybe we should play the final on Monday,” he told the media.