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The federation is calling for an investigation into the match officials, claiming that several refereeing and VAR decisions directly impacted the result and ultimately Egypt&#8217;s World Cup exit.<\/p>    <div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h2 id=\"h-complaint-targets-referee-and-var-team\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Complaint Targets Referee and VAR Team<\/h2>    <div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20474\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5000295735494173;width:799px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-250x167.png 250w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2048x1365.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>    <div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EFA&#8217;s complaint names French referee Fran\u00e7ois Letexier and also calls for an investigation into the full officiating team, including the VAR officials. According to the federation, several important decisions went against Egypt, with officials choosing not to review incidents that could have changed the course of the game. The EFA says it wants FIFA to examine the match and take any necessary action if errors are confirmed.<\/p>    <div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h2 id=\"h-disallowed-goal-raises-questions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disallowed Goal Raises Questions<\/h2>    <div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20476\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5000295735494173;width:843px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-250x167.png 250w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-2048x1365.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>    <div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the biggest talking points came early in the second half while Egypt was leading 1-0. Mostafa Ziko scored what looked like Egypt&#8217;s second goal, but it was ruled out after the referee judged that Marwan Attia had fouled Lisandro Mart\u00ednez in the build-up. The Egyptian federation believes the decision was incorrect and argues the incident should have been reviewed more carefully.<\/p>    <div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h2 id=\"h-late-penalty-appeal-adds-to-the-controversy\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Late Penalty Appeal Adds to the Controversy<\/h2>    <div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>   <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DagJ3NfiVbg\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe>   <div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another key moment arrived deep into stoppage time when Mohamed Salah went down inside Argentina&#8217;s penalty area after a challenge. Egypt appealed for a penalty, but play continued. Moments later, Argentina broke forward on the counterattack, and Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez scored the goal that completed Argentina&#8217;s 3-2 comeback. The EFA believes the penalty incident should have been reviewed by VAR. It says the decision played a direct role in the final result.<\/p>    <div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>   <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DagKZJyo4An\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe>   <div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What will FIFA decide regarding Egypt&#8217;s complaint?<\/p>    <p class=\"has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>More in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/en\/tag\/world-cup-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Cup<\/a> section on our website!<\/strong><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Egyptian Football Association has officially taken its complaints to FIFA following Egypt&#8217;s controversial 3-2 defeat to Argentina. The federation is calling for an investigation into the match officials, claiming that several refereeing and VAR decisions directly impacted the result and ultimately Egypt&#8217;s World Cup exit. Complaint Targets Referee and VAR Team The EFA&#8217;s complaint [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":20474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[116,227,615],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-20473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-world-cup-2026"],"authorship":[41],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.9 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Egypt&#039;s FA Submits Official Complaint to FIFA After Argentina Defeat &#187; This is Cairo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Egyptian Football Association has filed a complaint with FIFA, demanding an investigation into the referee after Egypt&#039;s loss to Argentina\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/en\/20473\/egypts-fa-submits-official-complaint-to-fifa-after-argentina-defeat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egypt&#039;s FA Submits Official Complaint to FIFA After Argentina Defeat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Egyptian Football Association has filed a complaint with FIFA, demanding an investigation into the referee after Egypt&#039;s loss to Argentina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/en\/20473\/egypts-fa-submits-official-complaint-to-fifa-after-argentina-defeat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"This is Cairo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cairocityguide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-08T09:39:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1024x683.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u062f\u0648\u0631\u0647\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u062f\u0648\u0631\u0647\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisiscairo.com\\\/en\\\/20473\\\/egypts-fa-submits-official-complaint-to-fifa-after-argentina-defeat#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisiscairo.com\\\/en\\\/20473\\\/egypts-fa-submits-official-complaint-to-fifa-after-argentina-defeat\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u062f\u0648\u0631\u0647\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisiscairo.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cd93b4e09818c44dd01101346d511292\"},\"headline\":\"Egypt&#8217;s FA Submits Official Complaint to FIFA After Argentina Defeat\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-08T09:39:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisiscairo.com\\\/en\\\/20473\\\/egypts-fa-submits-official-complaint-to-fifa-after-argentina-defeat\"},\"wordCount\":302,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisiscairo.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisiscairo.com\\\/en\\\/20473\\\/egypts-fa-submits-official-complaint-to-fifa-after-argentina-defeat#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisiscairo.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/image-scaled.png\",\"keywords\":[\"News\",\"Sports\",\"World Cup 2026 \u26bd\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisiscairo.com\\\/en\\\/20473\\\/egypts-fa-submits-official-complaint-to-fifa-after-argentina-defeat\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thisiscairo.com\\\/en\\\/20473\\\/egypts-fa-submits-official-complaint-to-fifa-after-argentina-defeat\",\"name\":\"Egypt's FA Submits Official Complaint to FIFA After Argentina Defeat &#187; 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