Morocco's soccer governing body, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FMRF), has protested to FIFA over Mexican referee Cesar Ramos' failure to award a penalty to the Atlas Lions during their Qatar World Cup semi-final match against France on Wednesday.
According to BBC Sport, France defeated Morocco 2-0, with goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani, to advance to the final against Argentina on Sunday.
According to FMRF, the referee, Ramos, refused to give the Moroccans a penalty when Hernandez made contact with Sofiane Boufal in the area, which irritated the North Africans.
On Thursday, the country's football governing body issued a statement that it had written to FIFA to register its grievances.
Morocco has already made history in the soccer world for being the first African and Arab team to reach a semi-final of the World Cup having defeated Belgium, Canada, Spain and Portugal.
“The FMRF has written to the relevant body to review the refereeing decisions that deprived the Moroccan team of two penalties that were indisputable in the view of several refereeing specialists,” Morocco said in a statement.
“The FMRF was equally astonished that the video assistant referee (VAR) did not react to these situations.”
The Atlas Lions still have one match left in Qatar when they lock horns with Croatia in Saturday’s third-place play-off.