Anxious to "get off work"? The referee blew the final whistle in 85 minutes of the Africa Cup of Nations match

On the evening of January 12, Beijing time, Mali defeated Tunisia 1-0 in the first round of the group stage of The Africa Cup of Nations Group F. Compared to the results, Zambian referee Sikazevi, who enforced the match, stole the limelight, and he ended the game early twice in the 85th and 89th minutes of the game, causing great controversy.

Sica vizier's controversial penalty was met with collective protests from the Tunisian coaching staff.

If there is almost no dead ball time in a game, or the gap is huge, the referee has a very small probability of giving ultra-low stoppage time. However, this game obviously does not meet the above two conditions. During the match, Sicawice awarded two penalties and showed a red card – both penalties that would have resulted in long dead balls. However, in the 85th minute, a strange scene occurred, and Sikazevi suddenly blew a whistle to announce the end of the game. Tunisia, which was on the trailing side, immediately expressed its displeasure, and Sikazevi quickly signaled that he had read the wrong watch. It was a full minute before the game restarted and Tunisia acquired the ball by falling.

After the restart, Sicavitze continued to "steal the scene", and in the 87th minute, he showed a red card to the Malian player who was pedaling in midfield, but VAR suggested that this should be a yellow card action. Then, at about 89 minutes and 40 seconds, Sicavitze once again blew the final whistle of the game ahead of schedule. This time, the Tunisian coaching staff, who were behind, rushed into the room to beg for an explanation, but Sikazevi refused to let the game continue and left the field under the protection of security personnel.

Perhaps feeling that it was really inappropriate, the Organizing Committee of the Africa Cup of Nations asked the two sides to return to the stadium to continue the game half an hour after the end of the match, but this request was rejected by tunisia. Tunisia coach Kebayr said angrily: "The referee blew the end of the game in the 85th minute, and then blew it again in the 89th minute, and the fourth official was ready to raise his card to give the stoppage time, but the referee blew the final whistle, which is incomprehensible." After 35 minutes of bathing, the players were told to go back to playing. In my long coaching career, I have never seen anything like this. ”