One of the weapons that Arab teams like to use in their matches is to create chaos for the referee in every event that they see can benefit them
And this probably helped Al Masry yesterday to achieve a 2-0 victory over Simba. Their second goal was allowed after a lot of pressure they put on the referee on the field while the team officials put similar pressure on the game officials outside the field.
But perhaps it was Simba that should have benefited from the penalty kick earlier after Lionel Ateba was fouled inside the penalty area.
The referee did not give that advantage but surprisingly the Simba players led by captain Mohammed Hussein 'Zimbwe Jr' did not pressure him to at least go and get his satisfaction from VAR.
As a result, the incident was 'lost' and the game continued but it was probably a crucial incident for Simba to get a chance to equalize and perhaps they would have changed the image of the game because at that time Simba had taken control of the game.
Some stakeholders have commented that perhaps a player like Fabrice Ngoma who has a lot of experience should wear the captain's armband at these important stages.
Despite his experience, Ngoma also speaks many languages including French and English as It is possible that sometimes Zimbwe Jr fails to go and talk to the referees because most of them speak French and English
In African football there are times when quality on the field alone is not enough to give you success, yesterday Simba dominated the game, lack of concentration at important moments cost them and they lost the game
