Egyptian referee Farouk suspended for using spectator's mobile phone to disallow goal

Former Portuguese referee Vitor Pereira officiated astatine 2 World Cups and succeeded Mark Clattenburg arsenic caput of the Egyptian Referees Committee

Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk has been suspended for utilizing a spectator's mobile telephone to disallow a extremity successful a league match.

There is nary video adjunct referee (VAR) successful Egypt's 2nd tier, but Farouk utilized the telephone to ticker a replay aft the distant broadside protested determination was a handball.

Farouk past ruled the extremity out.

The Egyptian Football Association said successful a statement that Vitor Pereira, who replaced Mark Clattenburg arsenic caput of the Egyptian Referees Committee earlier this month, decided to suspend the full refereeing unit for an "indefinite period".

"The committee decided to analyse the incidental erstwhile Mohamed Farouk, the referee of the match, utilized a mobile telephone to reappraisal footage of the match's events," the Egyptian FA added.

Suez scored their 3rd extremity soon aft the disallowed extremity to seal a 3-1 win, with 15 minutes of stoppage clip being played.

Farouk near the transportation nether constabulary protection, amid protests from Al-Nasr players and officials, who person threatened to instrumentality ineligible enactment against the referee for violating the regulations.

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