Africans have a history of being cheated on at the World Cup, according to Ghanaian icon Dan Owusu, who is apprehensive about officiating at the 2022 edition.
The dominant nation of West Africa lost its World Cup opener against Portugal, and they will look to rebound against Korea.
Last Thursday, Cristiano Ronaldo made World Cup history by becoming the first player to ever score five goals. His second-half penalty gave Portugal the advantage over Ghana.
Andre Ayew of Ghana then tied the score, but Portugal won and topped Group H despite Osman Bukari’s late winner with to two goals in three minutes from Joao Felix and Rafael Leao.
The Black Stars will take on South Korea in their second Group H game on Monday afternoon at the Education City Stadium.
And ahead of the game, the three-time Ghana Premier League goal king winner has expressed his displeasure about the performance of referees at the tournament as he believes Africans always suffer from bad officiating.
“This year’s World Cup is full of surprises and so, know team can be underrated. With a little push you can excel. Before our game against Portugal, many Ghanaians had underrated Ghana but the players proved everyone wrong despite the defeat”
“The players did very well against Portugal but one mistake Otto Addo did was Andre Ayew substitution. I think Ghana can progress from the group if the players replicate the performance against Portugal” he told Koforidua-based Bryt FM.
“I still don’t understand why Otto Addo substituted Ayew. The referee who officiated our game against Portugal must be punished, I expect FIFA to sanction him. It might be also that, the officials who operated the VAR were asleep because I think the referee should have consulted VAR to clarify things. Africans always suffer from bad officiating” he said.