Gambia’s Minister of Youth and Sports , Alieu K. Jammeh has hit out at CAF match officials regarding their performance in the wake of his country’s 2-1 loss to Mauritania in their first leg clash in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier played in Nouakchott on Friday March 25.
Minister Jammeh said “it is high time CAF began to take necessary actions against bad refereeing, adding that “bad refereeing is destroying our football in Africa”.
Minister Jammeh was speaking to journalists on Tuesday March 29 after The Gambia national team was held to a goalless draw by Mauritania in the second leg played at the Independence Stadium in Bakau in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
He stated that everybody agreed that it was as a result of bad refereeing that The Gambia lost to Mauritania in the first leg.
“The Gambia scored a clear goal that was wrongly disallowed and there was additional time given unnecessarily and that immediately Mauritania scored their second goal the match was declared ended by the referee,” he expressed concern.
He therefore called on CAF to take necessary action against the Liberian central referee Isaac T Z Montgomery that officiated the Mauritania-Gambia game in Nouakchott.
Mr Jammeh said the Liberian referee had done “disservice to Africa and African football and to himself as an African and should be ashamed of himself”.
“It is a disgrace that a referee of his level would make such poor decisions,” he further said, pondering why such an African could take such wrong decisions”.
Gambia Sports Minister Slams CAF Officials
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