Howard Webb was involved in yesterday’s great match between Brazil and Egypt which ended 4-3 to Brazil after a late penalty.
The Egyptian Football Association contested the decision of sending off the player who handled the ball on grounds of the fourth official (Australian Matthew Breeze) using video replay to communicate the correct decision to Howard Webb.
FIFA released a statement today denying all use of video replay and praising the communication between Howard Webb and his assistant Mike Mullarkey.
FIFA have this afternoon written to the Egyptian Football Association regarding yesterday’s FIFA Confederations Cup match between Brazil and Egypt.
FIFA had received a letter of complaint from the Egyptian FA following the match at the Free State Stadium in Mangaung/Bloemfontein. Whilst not disputing the correctness of the referee’s decision to award a penalty in favour of Brazil, and show the Egyptian player Ahmed El-Mohamadi the red card, the Egyptian FA questionned the manner in which the referee Howard Webb came to his decision.
FIFA analysed the decision by going through all the evidence at its disposal, including the referee’s match report, as well as the additional statement that Howard Webb provided at FIFA’s request.
A thorough analysis of the aforementioned documents revealed that the decision in question was achieved through teamwork between the match referee and his Assistant Referee Number 1, Mike Mullarkey, who confirmed the offence to the referee from his clear viewing angle.
You can see the incident here. (Don’t mind the commentary who clearly isn’t very into the laws of the game.)
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