'I'm not saying you have to murder him,' says the referee who was attacked by Belmadi.

Following insulting remarks made by Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi concerning referee Bakary Gassama, the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) has requested that disciplinary actions be initiated against him.

In a video released by Algeria's football association (FAF), Belmadi appeared to promote verbal and physical attacks on the Gambian official, adding, "I'm not saying you have to murder him."

Algerians have chastised Gassama for his judgments during Algeria's 2-1 loss to Cameroon in a 2022 World Cup qualifying match on March 29, a result that saw the North Africans miss out on a berth at the tournament in Qatar.

The GFF stated it had been following the verbal attacks against Gassama with "great concern."

The organization said in a statement that it had filed an official complaint with FAF and requested Fifa and the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to investigate and discipline Belmadi, 46.

"We've urged the Algerian federation to issue a public statement condemning Mr. Belmadi's acts and all verbal attacks by Algerians against Mr. Gassama," the GFF statement added.

FAF should also "take all necessary efforts to prevent their officials and nationals from making any additional disparaging remarks or threats against Mr. Gassama," according to the statement.

"As a result, their federation will be held liable and involved in any harm that may befall him."

Gassama, 43, has officiated at the past two World Cups and refereed three matches at the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year.

Gassama 'took away the hope of whole people' 

FAF requested that the play-off match against Cameroon be replayed with the international governing body Fifa last month, alleging "scandalous arbitration" that "distorted the result."

Before Karl Toko Ekambi scored a 124th-minute winner for the Indomitable Lions in Blida, Algeria attacker Islam Slimani had two goals ruled out, one for offside and the other for handball, the latter following a video assistant referee review.

In a video uploaded on Sunday, Belmadi declared, "Never again will we allow a few people to conspire against our country."

"I have to tell, I didn't like seeing this referee (Bakary Gassama) comfortably ensconced in the lounge suite with a coffee and a croissant the next day when he went from Algiers airport."  I didn't like that.

"I didn't like the fact that we were willing to accept such things." We treat him like way after he stole the hope of an entire nation.

"I'm not saying you have to kill him, or anything along those lines. But he's a bully and not just any bully. That's something we'll never be able to accept again."

Belmadi claimed that he told Gassama what he thought of him not just in the Algiers airport, but also when he bumped into him again in Turkey.

"I saw him again and told him the same stuff as before, as well as who he is."

"If they win, you are the good referee," Gassama told a Gambian newspaper a few weeks ago. "If they lose, they label you as the bad referee."

Meanwhile, President Samuel Eto'o of the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) has said that his organization may contact Fifa regarding Belmadi's comments in the same interview.