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The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has described the President\u2019s visit to the Black Stars in Qatar as the best motivation offered to the players.<\/p>\n
President Akufo Addo paid a visit to the National Football Team in Qatar ahead of their game with Portugal, which has been criticised by some Ghanaians.<\/p>\n
But in a statement on the floor of Parliament, a day after the 3-2 defeat of the team by Portugal, the Minority Leader said the gesture by President Akufo-Addo was encouraging and showed the love of the country to the players.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was encouraging the president in camp with our players, that is that best motivation they could get,\u201d Mr Haruna Iddrisu said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Portugal beat Ghana 3-2 in their World Cup opener, with Ronaldo netting from the spot after going down under a challenge from Mohammed Salisu.<\/p>\n
Many viewers disagreed with the decision, thinking Salisu got the ball and that Ronaldo went down easily.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe defender clearly plays the ball,\u201d former Premier League referee Mike Dean said after the game adding, \u2018Ronaldo then touches the back of the defender, goes down, instigated contact.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not the referee\u2019s fault \u2013 he\u2019s given the decision on the field of play. The VAR, in my opinion, should have got involved and invited the referee over to have a look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cIt\u2019s scary, I have to say. I\u2019m just astounded. I like to back referees all the time but you can\u2019t support stuff like that. You can\u2019t defend the indefensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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