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Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi and goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama condemned Egyptian referee Grisha Ghead’s decision to award the penalty that helped Zambia equalise in their South Africa 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group C game against Nigeria on Friday.
The match stood at 1-0 until the 83rd minute when the referee adjudged Ogenyi Onazi to have fouled Emmanuel Mayuka in the box.
Zambia goalkeeper Mweene Kennedy, who was voted the Man of the Match, beat Enyeama from the spot equaliser but the Nigeria captain for the match said the call was the worst he had witnessed in the game.
“ That decision has no place in the game and we would have won but for the referee,” Enyeama said.
“I was mad when I saw his decision and it was clear what his intention was. We won the match but he denied Nigeria.”
Keshi said, “I don’t want to speak much about referees but we have had terrible officiating in this competition. We suffered in the first match (against Burkina Faso) with a red card and now a penalty that was not there. At this level of the game, penalty must be clear and incontestable.”
Meanwhile, former Nigeria midfielder Sunday Oliseh slammed the penalty decision, describing it as “a robbery and disgrace to African football”.
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