Black Stars undergo FIFA refereeing seminar

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• pataku 11 years ago

  only African countries attended this unnecessary class because fifa is complaining that Africans are too physical when it comes to tournament like this and they want to protect the so call world class players.so they want to ...
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  only African countries attended this unnecessary class because fifa is complaining that Africans are too physical when it comes to tournament like this and they want to protect the so call world class players.so they want to talk African teams in such a way that when you touch Ronaldo and the rest there will be foul no matter what the touch may be.Once again they are trying to find a way to scare the African teams to be slow.They should not listen to them in anyway.

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• OBG- Diatuo 11 years ago

  When others are busy fine tuning their tactics and strategies we are being schooled by referees on the rules of the game at this hour. Time wasting and also why is this Coach always slow in preparing his teams? He called them ...
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  When others are busy fine tuning their tactics and strategies we are being schooled by referees on the rules of the game at this hour. Time wasting and also why is this Coach always slow in preparing his teams? He called them up late, had the fewest friendlies, experimenting even at this point and waiting till Friday before first work out on Brazillian soil. Why this lethargy and lay back approach? I sincerely hope the players are fit and because we have to send a strong signal in the first match against the US who are just being boastful and on and on with their empty talk and bravado

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• The African Planner 11 years ago

  And why the fuck did they have to travel up from Miami to Washington before heading back down south to Brazil?
  
  Senseless planning.
  
  You could cut travel time by half if you had planned your trip from Miami, where you pla ...
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  And why the fuck did they have to travel up from Miami to Washington before heading back down south to Brazil?
  
  Senseless planning.
  
  You could cut travel time by half if you had planned your trip from Miami, where you played South Korea, straight to Brazil.

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• Ghfuo, heaven is not for fools! 11 years ago

  Don't mind gfa. They are not serious. Gh should have played at least 2 lower.division teams in brasil as pert of their prep. They should have been in brasil at least 10days before the start of the tournament. Failing to plan ...
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  Don't mind gfa. They are not serious. Gh should have played at least 2 lower.division teams in brasil as pert of their prep. They should have been in brasil at least 10days before the start of the tournament. Failing to plan is planning to.fail. The white ppl have already polluted the air and water in natal. This will affect the players and make them prone to.committing unnecessary fouls. Don't trust Fifa! Do you know why the crime rate in low income neighborhoods in Western nations is so high? Becos the water has been purposely polluted with lead and manganese. Drink this and it affects ur brain to commit crime. Foods with soy lecithin, cancer in processed foods like sausages, hotdogs etc turn male hormones into female ones and vice versa. These planes u see in the sky with those whitish smoke trails. Are not for fun. They spread pollutants into the air that increase diseases. Don't trust Fifa. Why didn't they sponsor such programs way before the wcup, but wait till the last minute?

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• THINK ABOUT WHY THE SEMINAR TO YOU? 11 years ago

  COACH, you and your technical team and the players need to have a very lengthy discussion or talk and think about the mind behind why FIFA gave the team the refereeing seminar.
  All the non-call fouls in the European leagues ...
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  COACH, you and your technical team and the players need to have a very lengthy discussion or talk and think about the mind behind why FIFA gave the team the refereeing seminar.
  All the non-call fouls in the European leagues will be call for a foul if an African player commits that same foul in the games.
  So just be smart, wise, intelligent, patience, cohesive on the defense, skillful, avoid mistakes and be quick on the offense.
  Never be angry at all cause!

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• BB 11 years ago

  it is not true all the teams will go the fifa refereeing seminar.so if you dont no asked.OK

  it is not true all the teams will go the fifa refereeing seminar.so if you dont no asked.OK

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• tuy 11 years ago

  What a waste of time! Are we that inferior? Would they ask The English, the Italian, the Dutch and the Spanish delegation to attend a seminar on refereeing? Why didn't they send one person if it was mandatory?

  What a waste of time! Are we that inferior? Would they ask The English, the Italian, the Dutch and the Spanish delegation to attend a seminar on refereeing? Why didn't they send one person if it was mandatory?

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• BRO DAN -TRC 11 years ago

  BLESSED PEOPLE OF AFRICA, DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA-"AKWAABA!!" TO THE -BLACK STARS OF GHANA- AND ALL THE NATIONAL SOCCER TEAMS TO -THE BLESSED NATION OF -BRAZIL. BLACK STARS OF GH ...
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  BLESSED PEOPLE OF AFRICA, DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA-"AKWAABA!!" TO THE -BLACK STARS OF GHANA- AND ALL THE NATIONAL SOCCER TEAMS TO -THE BLESSED NATION OF -BRAZIL. BLACK STARS OF GHANA- TOGETHER AND WITH GOD; YOU CAN DO IT! THEREFORE, "BE STRONG AND DO EXPLOITS" FROM -THE GENESIS- OF THE GLORIOUS GATHERING; FOR IT IS WRITTEN; -"OCCUPY TILL I COME". PULSE. NOW, LET MY PEOPLE THINK. FOR "IT IS FINISHED"; YEA, -"OCCUPY TILL I COME" ALL NATIONS. SELAH.
  TOGETHER WE CAN! WITH GOD, WE CAN!! GOD BLESS AFRICA TO "BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE" AND CONTINUE IN -UNITY- AS ALGERIA, IVORY COAST, GHANA, NIGERIA AND CAMEROON "DO EXPLOITS" BY -GOING FOR THE GOLD. GOD BLESS THE GLORIOUS GATHERING; THE GREAT NATION AND THE DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF BRAZIL FOR -'TOGETHER AND WITH GOD' -HUMANITY- CAN. GOD BLESS THE -BLACK STARS OF GHANA TO -"BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE" FOR BY THE LORD, YOU HAVE PREVAILED. YEA, GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA.
  NOTE
  REGARDS TO -GHANAWEB- FOR THE SPACE. AND TO -PEACE FM.

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• Bangoshee-Toronto 11 years ago

  Amen.

  Amen.

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• xxxx 11 years ago

  The japan referee has already exhibited what the underdogs should expect....CHEATING...........If you watched Brazil vrs Croatia ..I guess you share my view

  The japan referee has already exhibited what the underdogs should expect....CHEATING...........If you watched Brazil vrs Croatia ..I guess you share my view

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• Kofi Jata 11 years ago

  you are right. Corruption galore.

  you are right. Corruption galore.

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• CLEAN OBSERVER 11 years ago

  Referee FAVORED Brazil.
  
  1st Croatian goal:
  Clean.
  Pressure too much for Brazilian defender to avoid own goal.
  
  1st Brazilian goal:
  Clean.
  Long shot by Neymar too wide for Croatian keeper's full-length dive.
  
  2nd Br ...
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  Referee FAVORED Brazil.
  
  1st Croatian goal:
  Clean.
  Pressure too much for Brazilian defender to avoid own goal.
  
  1st Brazilian goal:
  Clean.
  Long shot by Neymar too wide for Croatian keeper's full-length dive.
  
  2nd Brazilian goal:
  No penalty. Referee calls penalty just because Brazilian falls in box. He is even barely touched before he falls.
  
  2nd Croatian "goal":
  Croatian attacker jumps and heads ball away cleanly from Brazilian goalkeeper to his fellow attacker.
  The latter scores. Referee disallows goal and calls a foul against Croatia.
  
  3rd Brazilian goal:
  Referee ignores clear fouling of a Croatian in midfield and allows Brazilian attacker to score.
  
  Referee started well and then decided to help Brazil.
  
  They don't deserve this "win".
  
  Because of this, they will never touch the World Cup in 2014.
  Asshole ref.

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• Ghfuo, heaven is not for fools! 11 years ago

  The African game for the most part is quite physical and the defenders play it rough. Even when they go.for clean balls, the intention and force after the fact is crushing and causes these foreign re fs to claim fouls. It is ...
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  The African game for the most part is quite physical and the defenders play it rough. Even when they go.for clean balls, the intention and force after the fact is crushing and causes these foreign re fs to claim fouls. It is the responsibility of the gfa to make these changes in the leagues thru seminars like these, dialogues with the refs etc. But they don't so players in gh for instance think it's acceptable. I watched brasil league n the players don't tackle like that. Infection the foreign game is less reliant ln physical tackles, bit precision and clean timings on the ball, with as less physicality as possible. This is what made john Mensah that much of a professional. He was strong, but he never used his strength to play the defensive position, but sheer discipline and tenacity. The only time u see a European result.to physical force will be when it's the very last option. They often get a redcsrd. But in Africa, it's part of the game...lol

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• anokwale 11 years ago

  Your observations are accurate but the other side of this is that Croatia should not have gotten conservative after they got the lead. You have to continue to play hard and add another goal. You cannot allow the game to com ...
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  Your observations are accurate but the other side of this is that Croatia should not have gotten conservative after they got the lead. You have to continue to play hard and add another goal. You cannot allow the game to come down to bad calls.

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• Ghfuo, heaven is not for fools! 11 years ago

  It didn't matter how Croatia played. The refund was instructed to help brasil win. In tennis, Nfl, nba we have video replays, but ask herself why we don't have video replays in soccer? Croatia equalised and the ref disallowed ...
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  It didn't matter how Croatia played. The refund was instructed to help brasil win. In tennis, Nfl, nba we have video replays, but ask herself why we don't have video replays in soccer? Croatia equalised and the ref disallowed it.

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• GHANA FIRST 11 years ago

  Sorry to remind FIFA of the word IMPATIALITY
  Not that for example Ronaldo treated with kid's gloves and another player treated treated
  Luis Suarez handball should have been four years ago should have been taken ago because ...
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  Sorry to remind FIFA of the word IMPATIALITY
  Not that for example Ronaldo treated with kid's gloves and another player treated treated
  Luis Suarez handball should have been four years ago should have been taken ago because it entered the net
  Why was it taken as a penalty?
  FIFA should not let this unfortunate incident repeat itself

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• Nanayaw 11 years ago

  It's the refs that needs training. We all saw how croatia was robbed yesterday. A fake penalty, a good goal disallowed and a clear foul ignored leading to brazil's goal. We need to stand up and complain about this whole notio ...
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  It's the refs that needs training. We all saw how croatia was robbed yesterday. A fake penalty, a good goal disallowed and a clear foul ignored leading to brazil's goal. We need to stand up and complain about this whole notion that some teams have to win at all cost. All black start supporters in Brazil should carry placards reading " we demand fair officiating"

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