{"id":21878,"date":"2019-07-09T07:18:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T07:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=21878"},"modified":"2019-07-09T07:18:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T07:18:05","slug":"afcon-2019-ghana-coach-kwesi-appiah-blames-poor-officiating-ghanas-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2019-ghana-coach-kwesi-appiah-blames-poor-officiating-ghanas-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2019: Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah blames poor officiating for Ghana&#8217;s exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>AFCON 2019: Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah blames poor officiating for Ghana&#8217;s exit<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ghana Black Stars Kwesi Appiah believes the officiating played a huge role in their defeat against Tunisia in the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 game.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe Black Stars saw a goal canceled by the referee Victor Gomez after the South African believed Thomas Partey handled the ball inside the opponent&#8217;s box.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to the press after the game Kwesi Appiah revealed that he isn&#8217;t happy with the officiating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think there should be VAR in African football. If there was VAR today the results could have changed. The goal scored would have been allowed&#8221; he said<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he (the referee)\u00a0 should go and watch the video again and judge it for himself. It was really bad&#8221;. he added<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will travel back to Ghana after their AFCON journey was cut short by Tunisia.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFCON 2019: Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah blames poor officiating for Ghana&#8217;s exit Ghana Black Stars Kwesi Appiah believes the officiating played a huge role in their defeat against Tunisia in the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 game. 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