{"id":281764,"date":"2011-02-25T06:54:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T06:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/25\/blatter-considers-penalty-kicks-as-%e2%80%98unfair%e2%80%99-means-in-deciding-matches\/"},"modified":"2011-02-25T06:54:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T06:54:56","slug":"blatter-considers-penalty-kicks-as-unfair-means-in-deciding-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/blatter-considers-penalty-kicks-as-unfair-means-in-deciding-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Blatter considers penalty kicks as \u2018unfair\u2019 means in deciding matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"68.2644670051\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/sports\/\" title=\"View all posts in Sports\" rel=\"category tag\">Sports<\/a> \u00bb Blatter considers penalty kicks as \u2018unfair\u2019 means in deciding matches<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t    \t<span>Page last updated at Friday, February 25, 2011 6:06 AM \/\/ <\/span>\n\t\t\t    <\/div>\n<p> <!--end: postmeta-->\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/a5b37614epp-Blatter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40720\" title=\"Sepp Blatter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/a5b37614epp-Blatter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a>Joseph Sepp Blatter, President of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) has called for an alternative way of deciding games aside penalty kicks.<\/p>\n<p>Recounting the Black Stars \u2018painful\u2019 exit at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa last year, and after watching hosts Sudan lose 4-2 via penalties to Angola at the semi finals of the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN), the FIFA boss reiterated his desire for a substitute for the kicks from the 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