The Egyptian match official who
refereed Nigeria’s Group C game
against Zambia last Friday at the
Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, Gehad
Grisha will take no further part at the
2013 Afcon in South Africa.
Grisha awarded a highly controversial
penalty to Zambia late on in the game
leading to an angry reaction from the
Nigerian camp.
The Nigeria Football Federation
(NFF) subsequently dispatched a
strongly-warded protest to the
Confederation of African Football
(CAF).
CAF has ostensibly ruled in favour of
the NFF and Grisha has been sent home
from the Afcon.
An official of CAF confirmed the news
on Sunday.
‘He (Grsha) has been sent home. He will
have no further action at this Nations
Cup. His decisions did not tally with
best practices of the refereeing
profession and we would not allow
anyone to start re-writing the rules of
the game here‘, said the official.
Nigeria needs a win on Tuesday in
Rustenburg against Ethiopia to confirm
its place in the quarter finals of the
Afcon.

He was paid to do so

why is he the onlly one, the officiating of afcon is mediocre.