THE coach of Go Round FC, Ngozi Elechi has blamed the
center referee for their 1-0 loss to Nasarawa United in the 2016 Nigeria
Federation Cup Round of 32 match played in Enugu on Wednesday.
Elechi said after the game that his players did their
best but a singular blunder by the referee led to their exit from the competition.
The goal that wrapped up the game was scored in the 10th
minute by Bature Yaro but the drama after the goal was scored lasted at least
another ten minutes.
Just before Yaro put the ball in, the Assistant Referee’s
flag went up for offside and stayed up for close to one minute.
Center referee, John Charles looked at her direction
after pointing to the center and then agreed with her, asking the ball to be
returned for a free kick.
A few seconds later, John Charles pointed at the center
again signifying he had accepted the goal leading to a protest by players of Go
Round FC.
The game eventually restarted and no side was able to add
to the score line for the rest of the game.
“Everybody saw what happened. That was a clear offside
goal. The lines man flag was up, yet the referee called it a goal. It’s very
bad and I don’t like it,” Elechi said in a post-match interview.
Coach of Nasarawa United, Kabiru Dogo on his part simply
said the winning goal score by his side was a good one.
“It doesn’t matter what I say about the goal. People will
say it’s because I benefited from it. Go Round is a good side. They have the
energy but we have the experience.
“As far as I am concerned, we just update ourselves and
learn the rules of the game. It was a good goal,” Dogo said.
Go Round FC will now focus on their league game in Asaba
on Saturday against Delta Force.
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