Keshi bashes the ‘bias’
Having watched his Nigeria side left bruised by some rough stuff from France and then have a goal disallowed during the 2-0 defeat in the last-16 match, Stephen Keshi wasn’t going to slip out of the door quietly. “I am not happy with the officiating because [Ogenyi] Onazi, on two occasions, he had a very bad tackle and nothing was done by the referee,” he growled. “I think the referee was just … for me, I think he was biased. This is the first time I will speak about the referee in my life as a coach but it wasn’t good. If you look at the goal we scored, I don’t think there was any infringement. The referee is a human being, bound to make some mistakes, but a lot of mistakes is questionable. I am not happy about it but he’s the man who decides whatever goes on the pitch.”
Croatia lost in translation
Vedran Corluka was pre-emptive with his parting shot, all but giving up the ghost after the 3-1 defeat to Brazil in the opening match in which the Japanese referee, Yuichi Nishimura, made some highly contentious decisions. “I have never seen a referee in a World Cup that doesn’t speak English. He was trying to speak to the players in Japanese. It is ridiculous,” he fumed. “If this continues then no one should play against Brazil. We should just give them the World Cup and everyone can go home.” Croatia did go home, pretty quickly, after a win and two losses did for their hopes – but not before they were photographed naked at the hotel pool, prompting them to blank the media. “How would you feel if someone took naked pictures of you?” the Croatia coach Niko Kovac asked. “They are adamant that they won’t speak to you lot any more.”
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