CAF’s second-place playoff formula under fire - A call for fairness, not penalisation

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• Otonte Williams 2 months ago

  I am sure if it was Ghana that benefitted from this CAF rule, you would not be writing this absurd piece. You have to understand that there is politics and the strength of the teams based on their FIFA rating is also critical ...
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  I am sure if it was Ghana that benefitted from this CAF rule, you would not be writing this absurd piece. You have to understand that there is politics and the strength of the teams based on their FIFA rating is also critical in addition to financial and size of followership of the game and the record of previous performance at the WC. CAF knows best, it is not just a mathematical analysis, it is far more than that.

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• Kasapa 2 months ago

  Fairness is fairness. I think the average system is the fairest. We needed Burkina on the world stage to announce their presence there.

  Fairness is fairness. I think the average system is the fairest. We needed Burkina on the world stage to announce their presence there.

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• Paa Pee 2 months ago

  FIFA Disciplinary Code punishes the team sanctioned with a forfeit with a 3–0 loss, and Eritea matches be declare wins by their opponent. They five teams in the Group were ready to play and should have been awarded the 3poi ...
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  FIFA Disciplinary Code punishes the team sanctioned with a forfeit with a 3–0 loss, and Eritea matches be declare wins by their opponent. They five teams in the Group were ready to play and should have been awarded the 3points as the rules of forfeit says. A forfeited match is handled differently in various competitions; FIFA Disciplinary Code punishes the team sanctioned with a forfeit with a 3–0 loss, but the result on the pitch is upheld if the goal difference at the end of the match was three or greater so as to ensure the non-forfeiting team is not unfairly disadvantaged in any potential tiebreakers involving goal difference and/or goals scored.Changing the rules with only 2games to go is robbery. Anything involving Nigeria is in danger of being fraudulent. The have taken the corruption to CAF and FIFA

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