Referee suspended for using phone to reject goal

VAR: Referee suspended for using fan’s phone to disallow goal

Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk has been suspended for using a spectator's mobile phone to disallow a goal in a 2nd division match.

Egypt suspends referee for using spectator’s phone to review goal

An Egyptian referee, Mohamed Farouk, has been suspended indefinitely by the country’s FA, for allegedly disallowing a goal after looking at footage on a spectator’s phone, Daily Mail reports. Mohamed Farouk took charge of an Egyptian Second Division clash between Al-Nasr and Suez on Friday and in the absence of VAR, relied on an alternative

Egyptian Football Association referee suspended after using phone to replay match before disallowing goal

An Egyptian referee has been suspended indefinitely after using a mobile phone before disallowing a goal in a second division match last week, the Egyptian Football Association said. With the video assistant referee (VAR) system not in use in second-tier games, referee Mohamed Farouk used the phone of a crowd member to watch a replay of a goal during the match between Suez and Al-Nasr. Al-Nasr thought they had scored a late equaliser, but the ho…

Referee suspended for using fan's phone as VAR

A referee in an Egyptian second-tier football league has been suspended after he used a fan's phone to disallow a 90th minute equaliser.

Referee suspended for watching footage on his phone to disallow goal

The game in question, in the Egyptian second division, was not using VAR and the official was spotted reviewing footage of a controversial incident on a mobile device

Referee suspended for using phone to disallow goal

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