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Who is World Cup referee Janny Sikazwe, and what happened during AFCON game?
Who is World Cup referee Janny Sikazwe, and what happened during AFCON game?
Published on November 23, 2022 at 02:05 PM
ZAMBIAN referee Janny Sikazwe has a reputation as one of the best in Africa â but what he did at the Africa Cup of Nations was bizarre.
Silkazwe has been appointed to officiate Belgium vs Canada at the winter World Cup in Qatar.
Sikazwe angered the Tunisian bench with his handling of the AFCON clash
But after becoming a worldwide story due to farcical scenes in the match between Tunisia and Mali at AFCON, all eyes will be on the Zambian to see what he does next.
Who is Janny Sikazwe?
A familiar face to fans of African football over the past decade, Sikazwe was born in Kapiri Mposhi in 1979.
After receiving his Fifa licence in 2010, he first progressed through international youth matches before taking charge of African Cup of Nations qualifiers in 2012.
Since then he has moved up the ranks and has a reputation for being a leniant ref who likes the game to flow.
When Sergio Ramos brought down an opponent having already been booked, the Zambian reached for a second yellow card and called the Galacticos captain over.
Averaging just over 3 cards per game, the Zambian ref is one of the most statistically lenient in Russia
But he then put his hand back in his pocket and bizarrely chose not to send Ramos off.
He officiated two games at the 2018 World Cup â Belgium v Panama and Japan v Poland. â but was the subject of more controversy later that year.
Sikazwe was temporarily suspended on suspicion of corruption after his handling of an African Champions League match between Esperance and Primiero Agosto.
He gave a controversial penalty for Esperance before ruling out a goal for their opponents due to a perceived foul on the keeper.
The suspension by CAF was imposed in November 2018 but lifted just three months later by FIFA.
Sikazwe endured an horrific afternoon as he gave two controversial penalties, a questionable red card and TWICE ended the game early.
He first awarded a penalty early in the second half after Ellyes Skhiri was deemed to have blocked Boubakar Kouyate’s shot with his arm.
Sikazwe awarded another penalty with just 15 minutes on the clock after Wahbi Khazri’s shot smacked into Moussa Djenepo’s hand.
The ref originally missed the handball and needed VAR to bail him out.
The match between Mali and Tunisia ended in farce after the ref blew for time early
Incredibly, Sikazwe then blew for full time on just 85 MINUTES â before enraged Tunisia officials pointed out his simply bizarre error.
Sikazwe then sent off sub El Bilal Toure two minutes later for a slightly late challenge which was worthy of a yellow card at worst.
He was instructed by VAR to look at it again, but after a glance at the pitchside video screen, he stuck by his decision.
And to make matters worse, he then called for the end of the game early AGAIN.
The players left the field and it did for a time look like play could resume, but eventually Tunisia failed to materialise giving Mali their 1-0 win.
What has he said about the incident?
The Zambian referee claimed to have heard from somebody that the match
Sikazwe said: “I reached the point where I could start hearing some noise and I thought someone was communicating with me and people were telling me ‘no you ended the match’. It was a very strange situation.
“I was going through my head to find who told me to end the match. Maybe I was talking to myself, I don’t know. That is how bad the situation was.”;
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