Egypt should have had penalty against Nigeria- Queiroz rues AFCON opener loss
Egypt national team coach Carlos Queiroz says his side were denied a clear penalty in their 1-0 defeat to Nigeria on Tuesday.
The Pharaohs put up a poor display in their opening game at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon with Kelechi Iheanacho scoring the lone goal for Nigeria after thirty minutes of play.
The North Africans had a penalty shout in the second half after Moses Simon brought down Zizo inside the box.
But the centre referee, Bakary Gassama, whistled for a foul on Zizo instead.
“In the second half, there was a very clear penalty for us that the referee didn’t award and the VAR did not intervene. Maybebe 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,” Queiroz said.
The seven-time champions will face Guinea-Bissau in their next game on Saturday.
