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Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by Love800(m): 3:53pm On Nov 08, 2025
And whats wrong with dat!

If any bad deed is done during the match, it will be investigated, and referee might loose his career-job.
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by ufotunang: 4:46pm On Nov 08, 2025
helinues:
Would Nigeria goals be disallowed because of the referee?

There is even VAR for the play off
..the VAR officials are also from south Africa...the biased south Africa referee can give Nigeria ared card if that mild tackle from our player does not deserve a red card but yellow card.. even the south minister of sports says in a media that he wish that Nigeria does not qualify for the world cup.. CAF president is from south Africa ..so you can see that south Africa is trying to find a way that Nigeria does not qualify for world cup..so no matter what the south Africa referee will be biased to Nigeria...the referee match assessor is from Benin republic..the same Benin republic Nigeria beat 4 -0 to qualify for the playoff
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by IMPARTIAL: 4:57pm On Nov 08, 2025
We understand the referee will be changed.
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by Peacecore: 4:58pm On Nov 08, 2025
helinues:
Would Nigeria goals be disallowed because of the referee?

There is even VAR for the play off
What if Ref blows the whistle before the goal for no enough reason?
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by Insectkiller: 4:58pm On Nov 08, 2025
This is horrendous and dismal pismal decision against the sovereignty of a National team called S.Eagles..

It is lugbricious, it is sardonic and it is dismal primal for FIFA to appoint an erratic and horriferous anlmalistic entity like a southafrican to officiate a much important match like this..

It's even dysentrific..


FIFA shld in their own interest rescind that decision or I withdraw my boys from playing..
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by Michaelajah: 5:24pm On Nov 08, 2025
civilserva:
No Nigerians hate themselves
No be lie sha
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by OlujobaSamuel: 6:07pm On Nov 08, 2025
helinues:
What then is the purpose of VAR and assistant referee?
VAR do not override the centre Ref decision, it only advice him, if he insists, nothing can change it.
Also vAR do not look into some cases except it involves a wrong person, if the ref gives a non deserving yellow card twice to a player, it's red card, var don't check to see if any of the offence worths a card or not.
A bad ref can also weakens the team ahead of the next match even if you wins the current match he is officiating
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by helinues: 6:09pm On Nov 08, 2025
OlujobaSamuel:
VAR do not override the centre Ref decision, it only advice him, if he insists, nothing can change it.
Also vAR do not look into some cases except it involves a wrong person, if the ref gives a non deserving yellow card twice to a player, it's red card, var don't check to see if any of the offence worths a card or not.
A bad ref can also weakens the team ahead of the next match even if you wins the current match he is officiating
If you play to win, there is nothing any Referee or VAR can do. A clean goal can't be overturned.
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by OlujobaSamuel: 6:23pm On Nov 08, 2025
helinues:
If you play to win, there is nothing any Referee or VAR can do. A clean goal can't be overturned.
I doubt you watch football.
Pepe Reina against Sunderland tried to catch a ball sometimes back, a balloon was thrown to the field which intercepted the ball, and it lead to a goal.
The rule is that no foreign objects must interfere with the game, the ref is expected to stop play, ref insisted it's a goal. The ref was eventually suspended but the goal stood.
Henry scored with his hand against Ireland or Wales, ref said it's a goal, assistant informed him that he used his hand, ref insisted that the goal stand, France went to the World Cup, while Ireland/Wales went home.
A premier league referee was just sacked as football body saw a video of him making bad remarks about Liverpool and their players, on checking his history, they discovered he has made some wrong calls against Liverpool consistently compared to other teams he has officiated. The funniest part is Liverpool former manager, Klopp once complained about him that he exposes his players to injury, but so many sees it as nothing serious until his video was leaked while he was having a conversation with someone in respect to his view on different teams
Ultimately FIFA got another info about him and FIFA had to sack him too
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by Pacesetter123(m): 7:44pm On Nov 08, 2025
helinues:
What then is the purpose of VAR and assistant referee?
You don't still understand this things.
VAR and the Assistant referee you are talking about are from the same country with the referee except only one VAR official is from Benin Republic.
The rest are from S/A and even the match assessor is still from S/A,hence the protest from Nigerians.
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by Pacesetter123(m): 8:05pm On Nov 08, 2025
Now that fans are protesting, instead of the yeye NFF to write official petition to FIFA,they will be there looking clueless.
That was how they kept quiet till S/A took them to primary school pitch to play the qualifying match before the complaint after the match.
FIFA told them if they didn't have officials who could have assessed the standard of the stadium before the match?
They couldn't answer.
So,let them wait until the county whose sports minister said he is looking for all means to stop Nigeria from going to the world cup ruin their chances with bad officiating.
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by OlujobaSamuel: 8:41pm On Nov 08, 2025
Pacesetter123:
Now that fans are protesting, instead of the yeye NFF to write official petition to FIFA,they will be there looking clueless.
That was how they kept quiet till S/A took them to primary school pitch to play the qualifying match before the complaint after the match.
FIFA told them if they didn't have officials who could have assessed the standard of the stadium before the match?
They couldn't answer.
So,let them wait until the county whose sports minister said he is looking for all means to stop Nigeria from going to the world cup ruin their chances with bad officiating.
Majority of our rulers benefits personally from events going against us as a people, so they choose to stay aloof or make a very ridiculous decision whenever they can't stay aloof
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by mayorall(m): 9:07pm On Nov 08, 2025
Elock1:
I DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FUSS IS ABOUT, HONESTLY
THERE WAS NO SOUTHY REF OFFICIATING ANY OF THE QUALIFIERS WE PLAYED YET WE NO STILL QUALIFY DIRECTLY


ABI NA IF WE SCORE NOW THE SOUTHY REF GO COMOT AM, THE GOAL ABI WETIN?

IF YOU GOOD, YOU GOOD
Yes, he's able to disqualify a clean goal and apologize after the match.

He could also award penalty unjustly if Gabon players dived . He could givw Nigerian key players red card ar 10 minutes. I hope this is clear.
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by Formation10: 10:54pm On Nov 08, 2025
It is well it will be a favour to the super eagles of Nigerian they put them to eliminate 9ja but they will favour 9ja by God grace
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by gbengaakubebe: 11:53pm On Nov 08, 2025
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by Pacesetter123(m): 7:33am On Nov 09, 2025
OlujobaSamuel:
Majority of our rulers benefits personally from events going against us as a people, so they choose to stay aloof or make a very ridiculous decision whenever they can't stay aloof
Nawa..oooooh!
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by whippersnapper(m): 9:31am On Nov 09, 2025
mohbadliveson:
No need for protest. Even if a Gabon referee officiated the match, Nigeria will win
na over confidence no make February no complete
Re: Fans Protest As FIFA Names South African Referee For Nigeria Vs Gabon Clash by aswani(m): 3:10pm On Nov 09, 2025
ManirBK:
https://punchng.com/fans-slam-fifa-for-naming-safrican-ref-for-nigeria-clash/
Good, we need to be knocked out early, how can you mess up so badly that you struggle to win a group like we did?

Let's focus on the Nations Cup.
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