FIFA says it will not act on Ghana’s complaint about refereeing in a World Cup qualifying match last weekend.
The Ghana federation wanted its 0-0 draw in Uganda replayed, and also protested about South African referee Daniel Bennett and his assistants from Seychelles.
Ghana’s failure to win meant Egypt, which beat Republic of Congo 2-1 the next day, advanced to play in Russia.
FIFA says “no proceedings will be opened around the World Cup qualifier match Uganda vs. Ghana.”
Ghana believed two goals were disallowed for incorrect offside decisions. Replays suggested a stoppage-time goal should have counted.
The request followed FIFA last month ordering a replay of a South Africa-Senegal qualifier played last year. Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey was later found guilty of fixing and banned for life.
Source: Associated Press
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we are talking about how fifa is corrupt but forgetting about our players too. they decided to punish the former sport minister for reducing their winning bonus so decided to loose some games, when the new minister came in they decided to fight for him but he also maintained the same amount. Asamoah said they will qualify for the new president. a lot of Ghanaians decided to wish the team bad. let us not mix politics with football. it is a lesson to all of us
White people and Arabs do not respect Ghanaians. This is a fact our technical team should have known a long time ago. The only way out is to win and win convincingly. Racism in FIFA is NOT new. It has always existed. Egypt gave a Ghanaian man a post in CAF from Cairo. What does that mean? It is to silence us. Sadly, our people will not have the confidence to take this matter any further. Knowing all these limits of our team, we should have fought hard and learnt from our mistakes. Jordan Ayew and Christian Atsu's failure to contribute to the team effectively is not new. They are good players but they cannot be utilized properly in the Black Stars. We saw this in 2013 when Zambia beat us two times in a single year when these players played. We did not learn. We used them in the World Cup against USA, for the first time, the Americans beat us. We did not learn. We used them in the AFCON, we did not learn. Now, after we lost all the crucial games and those two players dropped out, we saw how well the team performed. We just did not prepare for this. And yes, racists will not change. FIFA is ridden with racism. How were we expecting a British-born referee, officiating a match as a South African to be punished? Furthermore, Egypt was the beneficiary of the crime. This is not like dealing with a Ghanaian referee. It is about dealing with a referee who has links. Let the GFA either challenge FIFA or forever hold their peace and apologize to Sulley Muntari and KP Boateng. They advised them in 2014, they just didn't listen!
Unfair treatment to Ghana. What is good for the goose is also good for the gander. How come FIFA could sanction a Ghanaian referee for a bad decision and can not sanction a South African referee for bad decision which is in fact a daylight robbery?
FIFA FBI OF US IS COMING!!
FIFA top management was CORRUPT so this shouldn't come as a surprise. The IMAGE of that organization was tarnished years ago when corruption was labelled on the most top managements. BOLLA!
GOD IS WATCHING US ALL
FIFA and CAF are two corrupt soccer organizations. Tweaa! Have they seen the video clips? Sepp Blatter should be a saint.