Ghana v Nigeria in Kumasi.. Penalty for Nigeria or not?

[Purity]

Nigeria had a good penalty case which resulted to a yelllow card being issued to Etebo..

[goldenera94]

Not a penalty

[Eaglezbeak]

The guy even got and try to continue to play,if Ola Aina jumped on a ball and hugged and penalty was given in exactly the same circumstance Nigerians would just say he was a *#%* and we would’ve deserved to lose.

[Purity]

Hand ball.. ..

[mystic]

He was fouled by Iheanacho proir to the handball. That's why the penalty decision was rescinded.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

Silly question. It was not a pk.

[TonyTheTigerKiller]

The odd thing is why award a free kick against Nigeria? No one besides the Ghanaian player committed any infractions. At the worst, should have been a drop ball.


Cheers.

[truemamamia]

What was Etebo trying to achieve? Have the referee reverse the decision? lol

[maceo4]

The odd thing is why award a free kick against Nigeria? No one besides the Ghanaian player committed any infractions. At the worst, should have been a drop ball.


Cheers.

What are you talking about? A foul by Kelechi is why VAR overturned the PK so the result is a FK for Ghana rather than the PK…wasn’t that obvious?

[mcal]

...clear foul, Ghana will thank their gods for VAR.
The whole sequence there was bad decision as the 2 SE players pounced.
Iheanacho dragged the defender's right leg causing him to fall and his hands touched the ball.
May not have been seen in real time, but for VAR, that was easy call.

[joao]

What was Etebo trying to achieve? Has the referee reversed the decision? lol

That Etebo show was one of those things that's lacking discipline and class.
Why act like a wild animal towards the referee, then kneel and beg not to be booked?
Purely, a moment of insanity.

[Damunk]

What was Etebo trying to achieve? Has the referee reversed the decision? lol

That Etebo show was one of those things that's lacking discipline and class.
Why act like a wild animal towards the referee, then kneel and beg not to be booked?
Purely, a moment of insanity.

A very stupid moment.
What the hell was he protesting?

[theYemster]

...clear foul, Ghana will thank their gods for VAR.
The whole sequence there was bad decision as the 2 SE players pounced.
Iheanacho dragged the defender's right leg causing him to fall and his hands touched the ball.
May not have been seen in real time, but for VAR, that was easy call.

Yep. Made me think what effect VAR would've had on Henry Nwosu's disallowed goal against Cameroon at Maroc 88 final, and Ikpeba's penalty against Cameroon at the 2000 AFCON final. What if...

[theYemster]

What was Etebo trying to achieve? Has the referee reversed the decision? lol

That Etebo show was one of those things that's lacking discipline and class.
Why act like a wild animal towards the referee, then kneel and beg not to be booked?
Purely, a moment of insanity.

All that AFTER the ref had viewed the VAR. Something Etebo hadn't. So Etebo felt that his split second view of the incident from far away should override the refs and VAR officials' review of the VAR.

Just daft of him really.

[maceo4]

What was Etebo trying to achieve? Has the referee reversed the decision? lol

That Etebo show was one of those things that's lacking discipline and class.
Why act like a wild animal towards the referee, then kneel and beg not to be booked?
Purely, a moment of insanity.

All that AFTER the ref had viewed the VAR. Something Etebo hadn't. So Etebo felt that his split second view of the incident from far away should override the refs and VAR officials' review of the VAR.

Just daft of him really.

He and Kelechi were the ones pressuring the Breda that conceded the PK. So his wasn’t a view from far away. But still daft as he couldn’t have seen what Kele did from where he was.

[mcal]

What was Etebo trying to achieve? Has the referee reversed the decision? lol

That Etebo show was one of those things that's lacking discipline and class.
Why act like a wild animal towards the referee, then kneel and beg not to be booked?
Purely, a moment of insanity.

A very stupid moment.
What the hell was he protesting?

...and his instinctive Africa man's pleading...going on his knees

[Enugu II]

What was Etebo trying to achieve? Has the referee reversed the decision? lol

That Etebo show was one of those things that's lacking discipline and class.
Why act like a wild animal towards the referee, then kneel and beg not to be booked?
Purely, a moment of insanity.

A very stupid moment.
What the hell was he protesting?

Damunk

Protests like that matter in sports. It is not really about this incident but about future ones. It is psychological. You do that to make the match officials fdecisions go into a "correction" mood. However, in some minor cases it could backfire but that is only in minor cases and thus many apply such psychological pressure on match officials.

[TonyTheTigerKiller]

The odd thing is why award a free kick against Nigeria? No one besides the Ghanaian player committed any infractions. At the worst, should have been a drop ball.


Cheers.

What are you talking about? A foul by Kelechi is why VAR overturned the PK so the result is a FK for Ghana rather than the PK…wasn’t that obvious?

I don’t know where you saw a foul by Kelechi. The guy slipped and fell and touched the ball with his hand while falling. The penalty ruling was reversed because he didn’t handle the ball deliberately


Cheers.

[gochino]

What was Etebo trying to achieve? Has the referee reversed the decision? lol

That Etebo show was one of those things that's lacking discipline and class.
Why act like a wild animal towards the referee, then kneel and beg not to be booked?
Purely, a moment of insanity.

A very stupid moment.
What the hell was he protesting?

Damunk

Protests like that matter in sports. It is not really about this incident but about future ones. It is psychological. You do that to make the match officials fdecisions go into a "correction" mood. However, in some minor cases it could backfire but that is only in minor cases and thus many apply such psychological pressure on match officials.

Thank you! We really need to be more vocal! I remember how Mikel was elbowed in the face against France, he didn’t protest or even go to the floor, Giroud wasnt even given a yellow! In that same game,Onazi's ankle was broken by Matuidi and nobody protested, he wasn't even given a yellow talkless of red!

[gosh]

What was Etebo trying to achieve? Has the referee reversed the decision? lol

That Etebo show was one of those things that's lacking discipline and class.
Why act like a wild animal towards the referee, then kneel and beg not to be booked?
Purely, a moment of insanity.

A very stupid moment.
What the hell was he protesting?

Damunk

Protests like that matter in sports. It is not really about this incident but about future ones. It is psychological. You do that to make the match officials fdecisions go into a "correction" mood. However, in some minor cases it could backfire but that is only in minor cases and thus many apply such psychological pressure on match officials.

Thank you! We really need to be more vocal! I remember how Mikel was elbowed in the face against France, he didn’t protest or even go to the floor, Giroud wasnt even given a yellow! In that same game,Onazi's ankle was broken by Matuidi and nobody protested, he wasn't even given a yellow talkless of red!

The purpose of a VAR review is to rectify initial wrong calls and confirm correct ones. Protesting is good when you are not getting the attention from the ref like the Mikel and Onazi instances you cited. However, this wasn't the case. In the Kumasi scenario, the ref was on the spot and had IMMEDIATELY whistled for a penalty (on face value). However, per the rules, such calls are automatically reviewed by the VAR officials, and if there is a reason for the ref to review his initial decision, the ref is notified to go to watch the replay and confirm or change his initial call.

In this case, that happened and the ref changed the initial decision AFTER reviewing the replay. So, what was Etebo protesting again for? If the ref had NEVER whistled for a PK when it happened, then a protest would have been justified. Notice that other SE players did not aggressively join him in the protest because they knew that if the same ref who had initially whistled for a PK had changed his decision upon the VAR review, then he may have seen something else they the players were yet to see.

Even goals scored are reversed all the time after VAR reviews, so Etebo's emotional protest was an unnecessary, self-imposed "yellow card" punishment. Was he suggesting that the ref should "unsee" what he had seen in the VAR review and stick to the initial call for a PK?

gosh

[Eaglezbeak]

What was Etebo trying to achieve? Has the referee reversed the decision? lol

That Etebo show was one of those things that's lacking discipline and class.
Why act like a wild animal towards the referee, then kneel and beg not to be booked?
Purely, a moment of insanity.

Total bush manners!

[bret- hart]

Why are people insulting Etebo? The A rabs, Italians, French, SouthAmericans etc do 10xs worse. If we had guys acting like Etebo during the Nigeria France game maybe that all american angel* ref would have sent Giroud off for Elbowing Mikel as well as Matuidi. These are things we need to teach the young up and coming boys and girls. We have been choair boys at international competions for over 40years with nothing to show for it while the Egyptians, Italians, Argentines, Brazilians, French etc win all the trophies with their dirty cheating antics.

[metalalloy]

The odd thing is why award a free kick against Nigeria? No one besides the Ghanaian player committed any infractions. At the worst, should have been a drop ball.


Cheers.

What are you talking about? A foul by Kelechi is why VAR overturned the PK so the result is a FK for Ghana rather than the PK…wasn’t that obvious?

Oh boy... some things you just read, and keep moving. This is why most of the rubbish you read on CE is not worth responding to. People can watch something white and see black.