ALGERIA VS NIGERIA: CAF REACTS TO REFEREE OTOGO-CASTANE PENALTY DECISION AGAINST SUPER EAGLES
ALGERIA VS NIGERIA: CAF REACTS TO REFEREE OTOGO-CASTANE
PENALTY DECISION AGAINST SUPER EAGLES
The Confederation of African
Football, CAF, has criticised referee Eric Otogo-Castane of Gabon for awarding
a late controversial penalty to Algeria in Friday’s 1-1 draw against Nigeria in
the last game 2018 World.
The visitors were forced to a draw
when Yacine Brahaimi converted a late penalty which cancelled out John Ogu’s
62nd minute goal for Nigeria.
CAF has criticised the incident that
led to the penalty in their match report of the game, posted on cafonline.com,
describing the referee’s decision as harsh.
CAF noted that “Algeria Convert Soft
Penalty To Hold Nigeria.”
CAF insisted that Shehu Abdullahi who
was adjudged to have fouled Brahaimi in the box didn’t foul the forward.
“Yacine Brahimi won and converted a
harshly-awarded late penalty to rescue a 1-1 draw for Algeria against
already-qualified Nigeria Friday in a World Cup Africa zone Group B
dead-rubber.
“The Gabonese referee ruled that
Abdullahi Shehu fouled Brahimi as he moved into the box in Constantine, but
big-screen replays suggested otherwise”, reads the piece on cafonline.com
