jihday:
I’m tempted to do same too but Mali alongside Morocco are the ultimate chokers in Africa

chrisooblog:
Should be banned from refereeing for a very long time by CAF.

chrisooblog:
Should be banned from refereeing for a very long time by CAF.

MetalJigsaw:
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The referee in charge of the Nigeria national team match against Mohamed Salah's Egypt national team, Bakary Papa Gassama, failed to listen to the call of VAR during the match when an Egypt national team player fell inside the opposite box following a challenge from a Nigeria player.

Bakary Papa Gassama made a very strong decision by refusing the call from the Video Assistance Referee. It was obvious that there was an intense conversation between the Cameroonian referee and the VAR.

The call would have resulted in a penalty for the Egypt national team, and the result would have been different for the Nigeria national team fans, but the referee was right to ignore the VAR call as the Nigerian defender was falling and could not leave the Egyptian attacker.

Meanwhile, the Super Eagles will be playing their second game of the 2021 African Cup of Nations tournament against Sudan at the Roumde Adjia Stadium, the same as today's venue.

The Super Eagles are the current group D leaders after their 1-0 victory against Egypt, and the Super Eagles are favourites to qualify for the next round of the tournament.Opinion:

Share your thoughts about these points and comment if you think the decision but the referee was right.

Icon4s:
In all my life I have never seen this type of refereeing in an international game.
He can be forgiven for the two penalty decisions. But some refs won't give that penalty against Tunisia.
That Malian player didn't deserve a red card.
And then ending the game first in the 85th and then 89th Mins. Meanwhile, there was a water break, two penalties that needed VAR decision and a red card that was checked via VAR.

That guy should be sent home from this AFCON. He is not a REf

DarkJeddi:
Stop being so biased..

Simon had a good game..

No assist?

But his darting run had a great contribution to the goal..

DarkJeddi:
Stop being so biased..

Simon had a good game..

No assist?

But his darting run had a great contribution to the goal..

Edopesin:
Match resumes lmao

Icon4s:
In all my life I have never seen this type of refereeing in an international game.
He can be forgiven for the two penalty decisions. But some refs won't give that penalty against Tunisia.
That Malian player didn't deserve a red card.
And then ending the game first in the 85th and then 89th Mins. Meanwhile, there was a water break, two penalties that needed VAR decision and a red card that was checked via VAR.

That guy should be sent home from this AFCON. He is not a REf

Edopesin:
Match resumes lmao
Update

Tunisia refuse to continue

seankafor:
I see Tunisia quitting the tournament.. lol

Edopesin:
Match resumes lmao
Update

Tunisia refuse to continue

safarigirl:
Apparently, this referee has a history of these blunders.

He was even suspended in 2018 on the grounds of corruption, whatever made them lift the suspension and give him official duties in something as big as AFCON.

CAF should be ashamed of themselves. Even the cut and join Nigerian refs would not be this blatantly useless

Danielnino00:


I think this guy was at the last world cup as a center referee... The pride of Zambia they said...

I wonder if Joshua Bondo is at the AFCON too..the clown from Botswana

daveP:
NPFL ref no fit disgrace Africa like this na.

Well he's been sanctioned.


Sulahwe

Danielnino00:


I think this guy was at the last world cup as a center referee... The pride of Zambia they said...

I wonder if Joshua Bondo is at the AFCON too..the clown from Botswana

daveP:


Scenes where North African teams break away from CAF and join their Arab brethren....


This is Disgraceful abeg. Tunisia did the right thing by declining.

daveP:


Scenes where North African teams break away from CAF and join their Arab brethren....


This is Disgraceful abeg. Tunisia did the right thing by declining.

daveP:


Scenes where North African teams break away from CAF and join their Arab brethren....


This is Disgraceful abeg. Tunisia did the right thing by declining.

Edopesin:


The foul was outside the box, the referee stopped play twice and still didn't go to the monitor.

TheGoodJoe:


From my take, the VAR official felt it was a penalty but the referee believed he saw everything that happened and decided no penalty.

So when the VAR official insisted it was a penalty, the referee told him the incident happened outside the box and blew play on.

However, the VAR official insisted that then he should give a freekick to the Egyptians.

The referee stopped play and told the VAR guy to rewatch the incident and told him of a leading infringement. Not watched the replay carefully but my guesses are:

The Egyptian backed into Simon or there was a tug.

The VAR official watched it and agreed with the referee. That was why the referee laughed. Like, I told you I saw everything. Then blew finally, play on.
cc: Metaljigsaw

daveP:


Scenes where North African teams break away from CAF and join their Arab brethren....


This is Disgraceful abeg. Tunisia did the right thing by declining.

JayromWrites:


But I feel for the sake of objectivity, he should have gone to the screen after the second time

JayromWrites:


But I feel for the sake of objectivity, he should have gone to the screen after the second time

Icon79:
I kept asking myself where CAF got that referee from. He was worse than even our high school refs. His performance today was a disgrace to African footie. No wonder Juergen Klopp described AFCON as a small tournament in Africa.


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