Egypt coach Carlos Queiroz has fired at Gambian referee Bakary Gassama for not giving his team “a clear penalty” against the Super Eagles, saying even his grandmother would have given the penalty.
The Super Eagles beat Egypt 1-0 to go top of 2021 AFCON Group D, which also has Sudan and Guinea Bissau.
However, Queiroz said the result would have been different had they been awarded a penalty after it appeared Moses Simon fouled Zamalek winger Zizo inside the box.
“In the second half, there was a very clear penalty for us that the referee didn’t award and the VAR did not intervene,” Queiroz told AfricaFootUnited.
“Maybe at that time, the VAR was not working.
“There was clearly a penalty. It wasn’t our day, it wasn’t also a good day for the refereeing. Even my grandmother would have awarded it a penalty.
“It is a disaster because there are VAR referees. It is unacceptable. Watch the incident yourself. It’s unbelievable that with all these referees, no one noticed the penalty.”
