{"id":426538,"date":"2017-10-08T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/08\/ghana-sends-protest-to-fifa-over-disallowed-goal-in-uganda-clash\/"},"modified":"2017-10-08T09:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T09:00:23","slug":"ghana-sends-protest-to-fifa-over-disallowed-goal-in-uganda-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/08\/ghana-sends-protest-to-fifa-over-disallowed-goal-in-uganda-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana sends protest to Fifa over disallowed goal in Uganda clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday,  8 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Ghana FA Communications Division<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21983642.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Appiah And Sani Daara\" title=\"Kwesi Appiah And Sani Daara\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana has petitioned Fifa for a replay of Saturday&#8217;s World Cup qualifier against Uganda<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1507453223_749_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana has petitioned Fifa for a replay of Saturday&#8217;s World Cup qualifier against Uganda after South African referee Daniel Bennett disallowed a &#8220;perfect goal&#8221;, the football association has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The matchday five fixture at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala ended in a 0-0 draw, all but ending the Black Stars&#8217; hopes of reaching a fourth successive World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>But the game was marred with controversies, not only by the poor pitch, as Raphael Dwamena&#8217;s injury time goal from a rebound was ruled out for offside, although television replays showed the FC Zurich striker in good position when Richmond Boakye-Yiadom let out a ferocious shot from outside the box.<\/p>\n<p><b>Below is a statement from the GFA on the protest<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ghana FA lodges FIFA protests over referee in World Cup qualifier in Uganda<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has lodged a protest with FIFA over the performance of referee Daniel Bennett and his assistants Eldrick Adelaide and Steve Marie during the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Uganda on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The GFA filed the protest to football&#8217;s world governing body, FIFA, immediately after the match at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bennett and assistants denied Ghana a perfect goal in the 93rd minute with television replays showing that it was a perfect goal.<\/p>\n<p>The referee also denied Ghana a penalty earlier in the second-half when Ghana midfielder Frank Acheampong was brought down in the box.<\/p>\n<p>These and several other decisions by the match officials have left the GFA with no option than to ask FIFA to examine their performances.<\/p>\n<p>The GFA respectfully asked FIFA to consider the possibility of a replay in order to serve the ends of justice without fear or favour.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: 50 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Sunday, 8 October 2017 Source: Ghana FA Communications Division 2017-10-08 Ghana has petitioned Fifa for a replay of Saturday&#8217;s World Cup qualifier against Uganda &#13; 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