A picture showing the officiating referee, in the match
between Nigeria and Bosnia Herzegovina, celebrating Nigeria’s victory has
led an angry fan to start an online petition. The petitioner is asking FIFA to
sack the referee and change the scores to 1-1 draw.
The
petition, titled “Fire Peter O’ Leary from his Referee job and
change result on Bosnia-Herzegovina v Nigeria to 1 v 1.”, was started by
Kraxon UO and already has over 23, 000 signatories.
In a shot, New Zealand Peter O’leary, was seen in a congratulatory hug with Nigeria’s goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, after the game had ended 1-0 in favour of Nigeria.
In a shot, New Zealand Peter O’leary, was seen in a congratulatory hug with Nigeria’s goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, after the game had ended 1-0 in favour of Nigeria.
O’leary
had ruled a 20th minute Edin Dzeko goal as offside. A close look at the replays
showed it was a wrong call leading most Bosnians and other
football fans to rebuke the referee, suspect his officiating, and ask FIFA to send
him home.
The
result sent Bosnia out of the Brazil 2014 World Cup, while Nigeria only
needs a draw in her last match against Argentina to qualify for the second
round.
Nigeria,
just before the World Cup started, was embroiled in a series of
match-fixing scandals.
In
May, Nigeria’s friendly with Scotland was suspected of
match fixing and is currently being investigated.
The
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has continuously denied the match-fixing
allegations and termed them malicious.
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