South Africa Vs Super Eagles Referee Bakary Papa Gassama Apologises To Nigeria And Ahmed Musa For His Errors

South Africa Vs Super Eagles Referee Bakary Papa Gassama Apologises To Nigeria And Ahmed Musa For His Errors

Gambian referee Bakary Papa Gassama has reportedly apologised to the Super Eagles for disallowing two of their goals in Saturday’s African Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa.

Nigeria were held to 1-1 draw by Bafana Bafana but managed to stage a return to the continental championship for the first time since 2013 as they only needed a point

Nigeria took the lead after just ten minutes of action through an own goal from Buhle Mkhwanazi following a superb cross from Samuel Kalu from the right flank.

Nigeria had another chance to double their lead in the 18th minute but the referee, again, flagged Kelechi Ihenacho offside.

Ahmed Musa then had a chance to seal the win but another disasterous call from the match officials ensured that move was aborted.

Gassama has now admitted the error and even went a step further by sending his apologies to Ahmed Musa over the incident, but insisted that such errors are sometimes unavoidable.