FIFA rejected a complaint by Egypt over Brazil's winning penalty in their Confederations Cup match, saying it was awarded legitimately and not by the illegal use of video replays. Egypt alleged after Monday's 4-3 defeat by Brazil that English referee Howard Webb had awarded the penalty only after being told by the fourth official that Ahmed Al-Muhamadi had stopped a shot on his goal line with his arm. This was based on watching a video replay, assistant coach Gharib Chawki told reporters. FIFA said in a statement issued on Tuesday that after receiving an Egyptian complaint it had thoroughly analyzed all the evidence, including a statement and match report from Webb, and excluded the use of video evidence, which it strictly forbids in refereeing decisions. “The decision in question was achieved through teamwork between the match referee and his Assistant Referee Number 1, Mike Mullarkey, who confirmed the offense to the referee from his clear viewing angle,” soccer's world governing body said. Chawki said on Monday that Egypt was not contesting the penalty but only the way in which it was awarded. Webb sent off Al-Muhamadi, who had only come in after 75 minutes, for collapsing on the ground as if he had been struck in the face by the ball, before Kaka converted the penalty that won the match for Brazil. ‘Hands off Ribery' Bayern Munich president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has upped the stakes in what could become a tug-of-war with Real Madrid for Franck Ribery by saying the France midfielder is not for sale. “We are very proud to have one of the three best players in the world under contract; it is causing a bit of a stir in the transfer market but we have no intention of selling,” Rummenigge told German tabloid Bild on Tuesday. Real Madrid is currently undergoing a mini revolution and newly-elected president Florentino Perez has already brought Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo and AC Milan playmaker Kaka to the club. The 26-year-old Ribery, who is contracted to 2011 at the Bavarian giant, is also thought to be a Real target but Bayern's 60 million-euro price tag is reportedly causing the Spanish side to have second thoughts. Reports from Madrid on Tuesday said that Ribery could be a Real player by the end of the week. However the club's sporting director Jorge Valdano lamented the “astronomical sum” Bayern had attached to the French international. “There was interest (from Real) in Ribery at a certain point, but Bayern are sticking to a very hard position,” Valdano said. “They don't want to sell and that is why they are proposing an astronomic sum,” he added. The former German international also denied that former France legend Zinedine Zidane, who is now working as an advisor to Perez, had traveled to Munich to talk to Ribery. “That is not true!” said Rummenigge. “When Zidane says he has spoken to Ribery, it makes me smile. According to the UEFA regulations it is forbidden.”
