Sunday, October 2, 2011

Joel Chukwuma Obi protest against the referee for a red card


Joel Chukwuma Obi admitted to not understand why her until the referee red-carded at Inter Milan suffered a major defeat of Napoli. Even so he still apologized to his colleagues and the Nerazzurri fans.

Napoli entertaining match at the Giuseppe Meazza a fateful day for Obi. In the 10th minute from Nigeria footballer's got a yellow card when he actually did a clean tackle against Ezequiel Lavezzi.

Disaster for him, and also Inter, came in minute 41. He can be a second yellow card followed by a red card while violating Christian Maggio who will stab into the penalty box.

In slow impressions visible when the incident occurred outside the penalty box. But the referee made a different decision because he pointed to the spot. This moment became a turning point of the game and start international defeat.

"I got the ball when making a tackle against Lavezzi, who was still standing on his feet, so I can not explain my first yellow card," said Obi on Inter's official website.

"Then the penalty incident, it is a struggle for the ball outside the penalty box, so I do not understand why the referee pointed to the penalty spot," he added later.

In spite of his protest to the referee, Obi remains to apologize to fans and teammates. "However, I want to apologize to all the tifosi and teammates. I'm grateful for the support of fans. I guarantee that we will not give up now," complete Obi.

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