The whole of Nigeria was let down when Super Eagles lost to Argentina 2-1 in an intense match up last night.

With the game tied at 1-1, Nigeria players surrounded the referee when it appeared that Marcos Rojo handballed the ball in his own penalty area in the second half of the clash. The match official used VAR, but decided against awarding the spot-kick, much to the dismay of Nigerians.

Super Eagles might have had a possible win if they were awarded the penalty. Nigerians felt they were robbed by the Turkish referee, Cuneyt Cakir.

Rojo later sent Argentina through with a late goal to make the score 2-1, but Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel feels his team were hard done by.

“I don’t understand how that wasn’t a penalty, for me it was a clear handball,” he said, according to FourFourTwo.

“It was a clear penalty. Maybe the referee has given the first penalty and doesn’t want to give a second one.

“But a penalty is a penalty. He (the referee) looked at the VAR, (we asked him) did the ball hit the hand? He said ‘yes’, but why it’s not a penalty? I don’t understand.”

Nigerians worldwide however felt cheated and they stormed social media to express their anger and lucky enough, they were able to fish out the Instagram account of Cakir where they have since been dropping several insulting and derogatory comments.

The Turkish referee’s Instagram page has since garnered over 19,000 comments from angry Nigerians. Some even went as far as wishing death upon him and raining curses on his children.

One angry user wrote; “Useless son of a bitch how could you decide not to give the penalty even your VAR team knew it was a penalty all you do is to say ball to hand May Allah in his mercy punish you, and Judge your accordingly ,your fellow Turkish citizen will pay for this, the only way they is if they are not on dating sites, go rot in hell”

Another had this to say; “God will punish you …Heaven will reject your soul..even the devil will see you coming and he will close his gate for what you did …useless fool”

See some screenshots below:













Iran were awarded a penalty during a meeting with Portugal on Monday after Sardar Azmoun nodded the ball onto the arm of Cedric.

Technology was also used in that incident, but Nigeria missed out on getting a favourable call 24 hours later.

Mikel, as captain of his country, led the discussion with referee Cuneyt Cakir and, despite appearing to have been informed that the ball had struck Rojo’s head first, the former Chelsea midfielder claims to have received no suitable explanation as to why a spot kick was not given.

But video replays suggested that there was no intent from Rojo to move his arm anywhere near the ball, as he was looking in a different direction when he headed it sideways. It thus appeared unintentional as Rojo headed the ball inadvertently down onto his arm.

While Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr also believed the penalty should have been awarded, he was more understanding of Cakir’s position.

“I believe it was a hand,” he said. “I didn’t see the video. It is difficult for a referee to make a good interpretation.”

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Probably If Ighalo had tucked that home..
We won't be here

See them Nigerians storming the ref's page, when he gave us the first penalty he is a good ref, he didn't give us the second one, we are angry, he starts receiving insult, why don't u storm ighalo's page like tht , I'm very sure if ighalo had scored that goal nobody will whining like a Dog for penalty,the penalty wey we may even lose sef, let's channel the blame to right person, ref might play a bad role as y'all suppose, but ighalo own is worst. We should blame the right person, shey na ref say make ighalo lose one on one too? blaming spirit of buhari has entered y'all.

iz time d constitutions approve death sentence for people like Ighalo, Yakubu.. so diz can stop...

Refs shouldnt be allowed on social media, but for this jigga ref he hasn't seen anything yet cuz even the realms are coming after him

Lol. You don't mess with Nigerians home and abroad.

Ask their former and current presidents. They can sniff life out of you online.

Savages

The man will deactivate his account

Nigerians and low reasoning.
To be sincere...that was never a penalty.
BALL TO HAND...Na only World Cup Una dey watch,we no get better league...what do you expect?
Now,The Argentines had a penalty but was denied by the referee...stop being a blind cow...watch the match again please.

The referee was excellent in the match

Abeg! This officiating is still better than our previous meetings with Argentina.

Let us stop blaming him for our inadequacies...

If Ighalo had pouched the goal, we wouldn't be here ...

If SE had played like this against Croatia in the first match, we may have gathered better points ...

Please let's stop blaming others for our failures; same way PMB regime blames GEJ.

Blame ighalo..

Balogun broughtdown dimaria...una no see say that one na red card.

The first penalty wasn't even a penalty...

The ref was good..

This ain't my problem abeg. we're out
let's face the real problem


J U S T I C E • F O R • P L A T E A U

what more can we say. The deeds has already been done.

Naija always blaming ref for their misfortune. 2005 against messi U20 una blame ref, against Peru abi Chile years later same thing. Yakubu miss open net for 2010 na ref you blame France '98 when you chop am from Denmark 4-0 na ref you still blame. . If you understand the game, that handball was no penalty. When has it become a crime for someone to do his job well?

Blame your misfortune on poor team play, Ighalo and that unreliable rookie called Uzoho

HE DASH UNA FREE PENALTY EVEN WITHOUT VAR, I THINK 2ND WAS A CONSOLATION FOR THE FIRST

Nigerians are beginning to gain a reputation all over the world. And it's not a good one. Why can't y'all respect other people and be gracious in defeat, What's with all the insults?

Blame Ighalo for missing 3 Opportunities

How on earth did No 9 missed those chances?

Jobless Youths. is if that was nigeria problem..they cant attack politicians stealing theie future away but an innocent ref.

I love the way Mikel shoved Ighalo away.
Ighalo been wan slap that referee sha.
Mikel is a good leader

Mtcheew stupid people

One said he will die in a few days time


That he will consult his oracle for him



The only thing.... I mean the only thing that makes Nigerians happy at the moment... Taken away
Guys it hurts sha...

If they know how many people are eyeing the mainland bridge now... FIFA would put us in the finals already...

Nigerians.. Lol

seunny4lif:
Blame Ighalo for missing 3 Opportunities

How on earth did No 9 missed those chances?

And who said we had a number 9

lazy stewpid Nigerians....... your useless striker can't score from an open play... yet ur looking for a second penalty.........instead of coach to tell his boys to defend well during that injury time period... d wey playing nonsensse.......


everytime an African team is knocked out.... d blamed d referee..... pathetic shithole continent

I can't stop laughing see comments. It is a game now, win or lose life goes on.