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Tuesday, 24 June 2014

20,000 sign petition after referee Peter O'Leary is spotted 'celebrating' win

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An online petition has already drawn 20,000 signatures to remove referee Peter O'Leary from the World Cup after an image appeared of him 'celebrating' with Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama.




The New Zealand referee drew widespread criticism after wrongly disallowing an Edin Dzeko strike after 21 minutes.
Eight minutes later Peter Odemwingie fired the Super Eagles in front, but Emmanuel Emenike appeared to clip the heels of Emir Spahic in the build-up.
That went unpunished and the appearance of the picture has prompted a Bosnian fan to send a petition to Fifa asking for the removal of O'Leary and the match to be changed to 1-1.
When asked what happened in the game he said: "The referee happened. We are going home, we are sad because of that, but the referee should go home too, because he changed the result, he changed the game, and that’s why we lost.
"We tried to come back after the goal where there was obviously a foul on our captain and before when I scored a goal it was not offside. Nigeria played good as well, but the referee was shameful for this competition."

Bosnia were eliminated from the tournament as they needed at least a draw.
A Fifa spokesman told The Independent: "We are aware of the photo. The interpretations of this photo that we’ve seen are baseless.
"We have 100% confidence in the referee team and fully trust their commitment to protect the integrity of the game."



 
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Monday, 23 June 2014

Nigeria or Iran will progress to World Cup last 16 via a coin toss if both finish with identical Group F records


  • Nigeria and Iran could finish with identical group stage records
  • Argentina must beat Nigeria 1-0 and Iran must beat Bosnia 1-0 for it to occur
  • FIFA will flip a coin or draw one team out of a hat to decide who reaches the last 16 if the two teams finish level on points, goal difference, goals scored and head-to-head
  • Argentina have already qualified for the knockout stage
Controversial: Either Nigeria or Iran will be picked out of a hat to reach the last 16 of the World Cup if they finish with identical records in Group F



World Cup Group F could be decided by picking names out of a hat or a coin toss – if Iran and Nigeria finish level behind Argentina.
Ahead of the final round of group stage games, 1-0 wins for Argentina against Nigeria and for Iran against Bosnia would leave the two teams level in every variant that FIFA consider before ‘drawing lots’.
No team has ever been eliminated from a World Cup by the drawing of lots but if results go the right way either Nigeria or Iran could consider themselves the tournament’s unluckiest side.

Pole position: Peter Odemwingie put Nigeria on the brink of the knockout stages with this goal in their 1-0 win against Bosnia-Herzegovina 


FIFA judge the placing in each group firstly by points, then goal difference, number of goals scored and finally the teams’ head-to-head records.
In this scenario, with four points each, zero goal difference and just one goal each – Nigeria and Iran’s bore 0-0 draw earlier in the tournament would leave their fate to be decided by who the organising committee pick out.
Lots have only been drawn once in tournament history – at Italia ’90. There, they were used to separate second and third place in a group when three teams went through. Republic of Ireland beat Holland to second place but both advanced to the next stage.
Argentina have already qualified from Group F, while Bosnia were eliminated after losing 1-0 to Nigeria on Saturday.


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