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ENTERTAINMENT and ADVENTURE => Sports Watch => Topic started by: Folami David on Sep 08, 2013, 10:23 PM

Title: Saintfiet Blasts Ref's
Post by: Folami David on Sep 08, 2013, 10:23 PM
Nampiandraza came under scathing criticism from Malawi coach, Tom Saintfiet after his team lost 0-2 to Nigeria in a 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifying game in Calabar on Saturday.
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Saintfiet watched from the dugout as his side finished the game with 10 men after Limbikani Mzava was dismissed for a second bookable offence after 53 minutes.
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The Belgain trainer was unhappy with a second half penalty awarded to Nigeria after Nampiandraza adjudged that Oduamadi had been fouled inside the Malawi box.
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"I have to see it again but I am 90 percent sure that it's not a penalty and most of the people in the stadium agreed with me that it is a very soft penalty
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"I don't think it was a penalty and I think the Nigerian player (Oduamadi) dived and my defender did not touch him," Saintfiet said to supersport.com after the game.
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Saintfiet however felt the referee did not do too much wrong in dismissing Mzava after he scythed down a goal-bound Musa in the Flames box.
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"For the penalty, I would have given a red card also. I think it was a tackle where any referee would issue a second yellow card.
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"I spoke to my player (after the incident). He said he touched the ball first so if that's correct, it's not a yellow card.
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"However, if I was the referee, I would have also given a red card," he confessed.
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On his team's performance against the African champions, Saintfiet praised his wards' first half showing while regretting the goal they let in just before the break.
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"I think we played a very good first half according to plan. The Flames played good organised (football).
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We created some chances on the counter-attack but Nigeria had more possession.
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"My goalkeeper did not have a save to make inside the first 45 minutes and we only conceded 30 seconds into injury time and that was because my left winger made a mistake by failing to overlap.
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"The second half, it was very difficult for us. It was difficult for us to come back because we played against a very strong Super Eagles side who grew in confidence after leading 1-0.
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The win over Malawi cemented Nigeria's position as winners of Group F with 12 points from six matches.
Title: Re: Saintfiet Blasts Ref's
Post by: Shola Sholaz on Sep 08, 2013, 11:02 PM
Well now it's obvious this coach is such a bad loser. This is just very bad I must say.
Too bad for him.