The match between The Bulls of Eyinba and the defending
champions, Kano Pillars, started off like any other match. Things however, got
a little messy at the twenty third minute when Kano Pillars striker, Bala Musa,
fired a very hard shot. The ball hit Eyinba defender, Efe Paul, on his forehead
causing a minor injury. Efe was assisted out of the pitch by the paramedics so
the match could continue.
After waiting for a few minutes, the ball was nowhere to be found.
There was no extra ball on the field and the Kanu Pillars coach was seen
dashing out of the stadium after collecting eighty naira from the referee. He
purchased a new ball across the road and dashed back into the pitch handing
over the new ball to the referee.
The game continued for some minutes until Bala Musa fired
another hot shot which hit the metal bar of the goal post; the ball split into
two halves. One half entered into the goal post while the other half went out.
The Kano Pillars supporters have said the referee should count this as a goal
because half of the ball was in while the Eyinba fans have protested against
this, claiming that the important part of the ball is the half that went
outside the goal post.
The referee, Ghandi Holt, who has refereed several matches
including El-classicos and top world cup games was so confused and had to walk
out of the field sweating profusely without being able to make a concrete
decision.
Do you think it should be counted as a goal or not?
You
should see this also:
I think it should be a goal since part of the ball crossed the line
ReplyDeleteIt should be half a goal
ReplyDeleteLanre