{"id":427628,"date":"2017-10-11T14:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T14:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/11\/caf-sidelines-referee-daniel-bennett-after-ghana-uganda-blunder\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T14:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T14:30:27","slug":"caf-sidelines-referee-daniel-bennett-after-ghana-uganda-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/11\/caf-sidelines-referee-daniel-bennett-after-ghana-uganda-blunder\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF sidelines referee Daniel Bennett after Ghana-Uganda blunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 11 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-11<\/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\/61828417.295.jpg\" alt=\"Referee Bennett\" title=\"Referee Bennett\" width=\"295\" height=\"241\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Daniel Bennett was abysmal in the Ghana-Uganda 2018 World Cup qualifier<\/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\/1507732226_801_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Confederations of African Football (CAF) has dropped South African referee Daniel Bennett from officiating in the Champions League second-leg semifinal clash between Nady Al Ahly and Etoile du Sahel.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett, who was originally appointed to officiate in the crunch clash at the Borg el Aram Stadium, has been sidelined following his abysmal performance in the 2018 World Cup qualifier between the Cranes of Uganda and the Black Stars in Kampala last Saturday.<\/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>The Ghana Football Association has however, reported the referee and his Seychellois assistants to FIFA for their horrendous officiating.<\/p>\n<p>The beleaguered official has however been replaced by fellow South African referee Vitor Gomes to take charge of the tie.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe clash is set for October 22, at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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