While football egg heads celebrate Eagles’ draw in Addis Ababa,former Abia state governor Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu Tuesday hit the nail on the head blaming the Glass House for the near disaster.
Kalu wondered why the NFF should be content with a draw, when the match could have been won by the vastly improved Eagles who were made to look breathless by the crisis ridden soccer house.
He said,”That game was bungled.How could anyone fly Eagles into Addis on the day of the match?They did not think of altitude,nobody saw the fatigue.Mauling Argentina 4-1 did not mean Ethiopia would be given another 4-0 drubbing.I think we should ask for specialised departments in the NFF toAFCON fourth-round qualifying clash that ended goalless in Yaoundé on Saturday.
Hayatou is a Cameroonian but is not directly involved in the designation of match officials, a source at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, said on Monday.
Angolan-born referee Martins de Carvalho Helder came under fire in Dakar immediately after the face-off for booking four Senegal players and expelling two others, Issiar Dia and Lamine Sané.
The Teranga Lions coach, Amara Traore, was also sent off for contesting the referee’s decisions, while a late penalty was awarded to the home side but was fluffed by team skipper Samuel Eto’o.
Ndiaye judged the referee’s actions as a “distant complicity” with CAF, according to the Senegal Press Agency, APS. “Hayatou no longer deserves to run African football. He silently watched while Carvalho Helder gave a negative image of African refereeing,” Ndiaye said.
He further urged Senegal FA President Augustin Senghor to take the necessary actions in contesting the legitimacy of Hayatou at the helm of the African football governing body and to press for sanctions against the Angolan referee.
Carvalho Helder was dropped during the 2010 African Cup of Nations after being given a poor evaluation by assessors following his performance during the Group C second match between Nigeria and Benin. However, coach Amara played down the incidents and urged all to look forward.
“The referee is a human being and can make mistakes. The most important thing is that we picked one point from Cameroon and we are looking forward to our qualification for the 2012 showpiece. That’s all,” Amara said at a press conference in Dakar on Monday.
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