Isaac Twumasi-Quantus, AfricaNews Reporter in Accra, Ghana
A cross section of Football Followers on Monday kicked against the 'noticeable bias shown against the Super Eagles' by the Angolan referee who handled the team's first group match with Burkina Faso.
The Eagles were held to a 1-1 after the Burkinabe scored the equaliser 40 seconds to the end of the match in the ongoing AFCON in South Africa.
Some of the fans after the match have said that the Super Eagles would have scored many goals but for the poor handling of the match by the central referee. Some say the award of penalty was uncalled for. Even the commentator mentioned it. The pitch was horrible.
Football fans have condemned the actions of the referee and his counterparts were efforts to discourage and disorganise the Super Eagles.
Nigeria players did very well. For the first time in a long while, we saw good football by the Super Eagles.
Victor, a football analyst described the poor officiating as “an insult to Nigeria’’.
“They denied us viewing right, now they want to use referees to frustrate us. This is not right. Enough is enough,’’ he said.
He wondered why no Nigerian referee was allowed to participate in the championship in spite of the country’s contributions to CAF.
