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Super Eagles and Leicester midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, and Nigerian singer Johnny Drille have complained about officiating in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final.<\/p>\n
Ndidi and Drille were both not pleased with the referee Dahane Beida\u2019s performance in Nigeria\u2019s 2-1 loss to Ivory Coast in the final. add the date<\/p>\n
Most Nigerians on social media hold the same position as the aforementioned footballers as they believe the referee offered them a raw deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cRef na wa o,\u201d Ndidi, who missed out on the AFCOn due to injury tweeted on X.<\/p>\n
Drille went blunt stating that \u201cThis referee is against us,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Nigeria\u2019s head coach Jos\u00e9 Peseiro has embraced the defeat and acknowledged that Ivory Coast was the better side.<\/p>\n
\u201cC\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire was better,\u201d he said after the game.<\/p>\n
Ivory Coast came from a goal down to beat Nigeria 2-1 in a fascinating 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium on February 11, 2024.<\/p>\n
The win means Ivory Coast avenged their 1-0 defeat to Nigeria in the group stage and became the first nation to host and win the tournament since Egypt in 2006.<\/p>\n
Read some comments below<\/strong><\/p>\n Nigeria \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec is playing against African and FIFA. The Referee has been awful. He is cheating!<\/p>\n \u2014 Dr D\u00edp\u00f2 Aw\u00f3j\u00edd\u00e9 (@OgbeniDipo) February 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n CIV deserved the game but it was basically 10 v 13. The + 2 being the fans & ref for CIV & the -1 being the fact that Osimhen wasn\u2019t allowed to contest any 50-50 without the ref blowing against hin https:\/\/t.co\/RH7V6acDkx<\/p>\n \u2014 SJ (@316simsim) February 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Nigeria played against the entire stadium, the referee and six African countries. How did you expect them to perform. 2-1 was a modest result #AFCON2023<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tobi \u2022 Oladipupo \ud83e\udd0d (@Tobi_Olla) February 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Osimhen think say football be wrestling so he go wear mask like say he be Rey Mysterio! Naija don carry last ooooooo! \ud83d\ude02 \ud83d\ude02 \ud83d\ude02 pic.twitter.com\/5rYXSV3KTB<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Albert Nat Hyde (@BongoIdeas) February 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Source:\u00a0<\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n\n
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