The Spanish program “El Chiringuito” recalled the 20th anniversary of the scandal with the Egyptian referee Gamal Al Ghandour in the match between Spain and South Korea, which ended with the exception of the Matador from the 2002 World Cup.

In 2002, Al Gandour was blamed by Spanish fans and players for the loss against South Korea in the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup held in Japan and South Korea.

Al Gandour canceled a goal scored against Spain due to offside, then Spain scored a second goal, which was also canceled due to the ball crossing the goal line before Morientes scored against the Koreans.

The match ended in a goalless draw and the match went to a penalty shootout in which Spain lost 3–5 to South Korea.

And the Spanish journalist Josep Pedriroll confirmed in his program that 20 years after the most controversial match, and no one can forget it, in the 2002 World Cup match against South Korea and Spain, and speaking here of the Egyptian referee Jamal Al-Ghandour, who blamed his assistant for our second goal, which was canceled, and said: “It’s not his responsibility.”

He added that they will not forget what Judge Al Ghandour did, the mistakes he made were obvious and it has been 20 years since his arbitration mistakes and the judge is still speaking. match, 20 years have passed, and he never admitted to his scandal: “What a shame and scandal.”