The Referee won the match for Nigeria — Bishaw

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Ethiopia coach Sewnet Bishaw has blamed the referee for his country's loss to Nigeria in the Brazil 2014 qualifying match.  

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He said that even although Eagles played well the attitude of the referee changed the course of the match. Ethiopia defender Aynalem Hailu handled the ball in the target area as he tried to manage the ball thus gifting Nigeria an opportunity to take the lead via a coolly taken penalty by Victor Moses in the very first half.

He said,

 “I respect Keshi; he did a great job organising this team. But the ref cheated us. We'd two penalties denied us. And he then awarded one wrong 1 to Nigeria.

“That penalty to Nigeria affected the tide.”

Keshi said it was wrong for the Ethiopian coach to say such thing..

“That's his opinion. If it was the referee that made them lose in Calabar what about the one in Addis Ababa? We beat them there also. I don't think he's spoken wisely.”