FIFA is right. Football in Togo and Ethiopia recognized the facts that led FIFA to investigate on the ineligibility of players involved in the playoff games:
“The Ethiopian Federation had fielded an ineligible player during the match against Botswana and played on June 8, 2013 Ethiopia. The Togolese Federation has fielded an ineligible player during the match between Togo and Cameroon played June 9, 2013 “, FIFA wrote to both federations.
Togo had aligned Alaixys Romao during the match of the fourth round of qualifying for the World Cup against Cameroon when the player is hit by an accumulation of yellow cards: first against Libya during the first and last day of qualifiers against Cameroon during the third day in Yaounde.
Ethiopia is also in the same situation as Togo, aligned Minyahile Teshome Beyene against Botswana.
The laxity of the two federations
The match, the better the reports of the meetings are always sent to each federation so that it is informed of the match statistics and simultaneously allows these associations to make claims, if necessary. The two federations have committed intolerable errors. Officials have shown their limits in the management of the administration. These suspensions have even escaped each staffs. Togo coach Didier Six and Sewnet Bishaw, Ethiopianhave have been reckless and will suffer the consequences of these failures.
The case of Equatorial Guinea
The investigation of Equatorial Guinea is a little fuzzy. According to FIFA, Equatorial Guinea fielded a binational player. Emilio Nsue, who had evolved in the selection of Hopes in Spain, is converted to play for the Nzalang. According to the papers, The record player is not yet up to date before entering the field against Cape Verde on March 24.
Survey results
FIFA will decide on these investigations on June 26. The culprit’s countries will be subject to losing their match on the green carpet. This sanction has been imposed on the formation of Gabon which had lined up a Cameroonian player against Niger.
Ethiopia has more trouble than Togo. Leader of its group, the Knights of the Mediterranean would lose 3 points and would fall at the height of their immediate rivals, South Africa and Botswana. This will completely revitalize the group on behalf of the last day of qualifying.
With 4 points, Togo is already eliminated for the finals of the World Cup, Brazil. For a withdrawal of three points over the four, the Hawks would not be angry. But it is Cameroon that will take advantage of this suspension. The Indomitable Lions will steal the top spot in Libya with two points.
The withdrawal of the three points in favor of Equatorial Guinea is not well seen on the side of Tunisia. While thinking, they are the hardest after a draw with Guinea; the Carthage Eagles get two points ahead of Cape Verde.