Many questions are now being asked over the appointment of Mauritanian referee Dahane Beida for Wednesday night’s AFCON semifinal between the Super Eagles and hosts Morocco.
Beida was poor when Morocco stopped Cameroon 2-0 to qualify for the semifinal of the tournament after making several calls in favour of the host nation.
One of those calls was denying Cameroon a penalty in the 68th minute, when Bryan Mbeumo was fouled inside the box.
This was after he was not originally appointed for the game, which was to be handled by an Egyptian referee Amin Omar, who was rejected by the Morocco FA.
The Mauritanian referee was roundly knocked for favouring Moroccan club RS Berkane to beat Simba of Tanzania in the Confederation Cup final.
Interestingly, Beida was also the man in charge of the 2023 AFCON final in Abidjan, which the Super Eagles lost 2-1 to hosts Cote d’Ivoire.
There have been disagreements over the appointments of referees at this AFCON.
