‘A present from the referee’ – Ghana manager fumes about Cristiano Ronaldo penalty award in Portugal defeat

Ghana manager Otto Addo was left fuming about the selection to award Portugal a penalty in his side’s 3-2 World Cup defeat on Thursday, describing it as “a gift” from the referee.

Cristiano Ronaldo won and converted the spot kick to open up the scoring in the 65th moment of an incident-packed match.

The 37-yr-outdated went down easily when he was challenged in the box by Mohammed Salisu, but the officers judged it to be a foul and didn’t have a next seem on the VAR keep an eye on.

“It was genuinely a wrong determination. We played the ball. I really don’t know why VAR didn’t occur up. There is no explanation for me,” Addo said, by means of The Athletic.

“The referee was not in our favour,” he extra.

When asked about Ronaldo, Addo replied: “If anyone scores a intention, congratulations. But this was really a gift.”

Ronaldo’s intention designed him the to start with male participant at any time to score in five Environment Cups.

But Addo was furious about the officiating.

Questioned if the penalty was provided simply because it was versus Ronaldo, he reported: “I imagine you have to ask the referee. I have no proof of that. We have been playing the ball and then there was make contact with.

“I do not know irrespective of whether they had been not paying, or no matter if the VAR was not spending notice. If you search at the replay, we played the ball, it was actually a foul against us.”

“I tried and asked some people today from FIFA if I could speak to the referee in a calm and silent way. They stated he was in a meeting and not achievable,” he continued.

“I imagine they have match assessment and an teacher. Undoubtedly you could have some minutes for the coach.”

Portugal went leading of Group H with the victory, and deal with Uruguay subsequent on Monday.