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Controversial refeering performances at the African Cup of Nations should not detract from an overall improvement in the standard of officiating, Issa Hayatou, the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Friday.
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Coaches and players have been angry about bizzare refereeing performances at several matches at the tournament in South Africa but Hayatou believes that overall the standard has been good.
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'' Overall we are satisfied but we experienced some mistakes with the referees especially at the semifinal between Ghana and Burkina Faso, and there were other errors too....also at the Tunisia v Togo match '', he told a media round-table meeting on Friday.
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CAF took the unusual step on Thursday of announcing that Tunisian referee Slim Jdidi had been suspended following his handling of the game in which he awarded Ghana a soft penalty, denied Burkina Faso two far more obvious penalties and ruled out what appeared to be legitimate Burkina Faso goal.