Super Eagles Coach Rohr Has His Say On Those Two Disallowed Goals Against South Africa
Published: November 18, 2018Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr does not think it was a correct decision by Gambian referee Bakary Gassama to rule out two legitimate goals scored by the Super Eagles in their 1-1 draw with South Africa in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier held at the FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Nigeria had the ball in the net in the 8th minute but the effort was disallowed with the linesman adjudging Ahmed Musa to have been in an offside position during the build-up.
Replays clearly showed that it was a wrong decision by the match officials as Musa was onside when he was put through on goal.
The second episode also involved the Super Eagles captain, it looked as if the former Leicester City man had put Nigeria 2-1 up after a delightful pass from Iwobi but the flag went up again.
''The goal by my captain was not offside. Two goals for us were not given, but I don’t criticise the referee,'' Rohr was quoted as saying by Scorenigeria.com.ng.
''We got the result we needed.''
The Super Eagles players and officials landed in Asaba on Sunday morning ahead of Tuesday's international friendly against Uganda at the Stephen Keshi Stadium.
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