JOHANNESBURG – The referee who disallowed a potential game-winning goal for the United States will face an expedited performance review from FIFA and is likely to be excluded from the rest of the World Cup, according to a FIFA source.While eating dinner tonight I was watching a replay of the game and this guy's officiating was awful. Lots of blown calls, including several against the US that no doubt affected the outcome.
Koman Coulibaly from Mali disallowed Maurice Edu’s 86th-minute strike that would have given the USA a 3-2 lead over Slovenia at Ellis Park and likely would have led to a thrilling comeback victory Friday. Coulibaly appeared to rule that American midfielder Michael Bradley had impeded a Slovenian defender, even though video replays showed no infringement.
FIFA’s refereeing committee will review footage from the Group C clash on Saturday to evaluate Coulibaly’s performance after several USA players complained about the way he had struggled to control a fiercely contested match.
Every World Cup match is viewed live by an on-site assessor who monitors the referee’s performance. However, in this case, a deeper assessment will take place at the earliest possible opportunity. That this is happening so quickly suggests FIFA is taking the complaints about Coulibaly seriously and is likely to leave him unassigned to referee further matches, according to the source. He could still appear as a line judge or other supporting role.
The Barack Obama of World Cup - an African official who doesn't know what he's doing.
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why the hell do you have to bring racist politics into this
You know, "Anonymous" you're going to be a lot more creative if you're going to play in his league. (Any my, how courageous if you to hide your name on your post.)
That whole "all criticism of Obama is racist" thing is so 2008. Have you not noticed the guy's completely inept, which of course isn't surprising given his complete lack of experience at actually running anything.
My clever analogy is right on the mark, and that's what bugs small thinkers like you so much.
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