Yahoo
New is reporting that a photo showing Nigerian Goal Keeper Vincent Enyeama and
the referee that officiated the Nigerian and Bosnia-Herzegovina match is
causing a stir and protest from the fans of the losing team.
See
their report below:
Last
week, Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Nigeria in a controversial match dotted with
two separate referee incidents: an offsides call that negated a clear
Bosnia-Herzegovina goal, and a no-call that allowed Nigeria to score. One could
write both off to terrible officiating and unfortunate timing, were it not for
the emergence of the above photo.
The
photo, which comes directly from Getty Images and is not Photoshopped, shows
New Zealand referee Peter O'Leary, in black, apparently celebrating with
Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama. That was enough to incite the rage of
Bosnian fans, who created a petition with 23,000 signatures demanding the
removal of O'Leary and a change in the score from 1-0 Nigeria to 1-1. (Good
luck with that, friends.)
Petitions
or not, the game burned in the hearts of both fans and players. "The
referee was shameful,” said Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko, who scored the goal
that was called back. “We are going home and we are sad because of that but
this referee should be going home too. He changed the result and he changed the
game. That’s why we lost."
No comments:
Post a Comment