The Royal Moroccan Football Federation is not taking its knockout from the World Cup lightly. It has sent a letter of appeal to FIFA, citing what it believes were unfair calls during its games against Portugal and Spain, and advocating for fairer use of video replay technology.
In the letter that has been publicly published, Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) President Fouzi Lekjaa questioned a number of refereeing decisions (three in the game against Portugal and five during the Spain game) that he said directly hampered the team’s World Cup run.
Part of the complaint suggested that video assistant referees (VAR), which made their World Cup debut in an advisory capacity to assist head referees with close calls, were unfairly used.