It appears like this referee had made up his mind that Ghana will emerge winners before the game started. He could not award free kicks to Cape Verde after Ghanians committed obvious fouls. The motive of the referee to decide to remove Cape Verde from Afcon is obviously financially related. If you are a football fan you would not have believed what was happening. Favoritism of the so called Big teams by referees has been a trend since the start of the Afcon 2013 in South Africa. During the game Ghana were awarded more than a dozen of free kicks after simply play acting, something which is categorized as a red card offense by FIFA statute.

CAF should immediately take action against this referee (Rajindraparsad Seechurn) after the reviewing the game video. We expect punishment no less than long term suspension, if not a permanent ban. This habit of favoring historically big teams would definitely bar the development of the game in Africa. The reason why African teams under-perform at the world cup is simply because they are used to qualifying with the help of referees. When they get to the world cup it is no longer the case.