African Cup of Nations - Controversial Coulibaly to ref final

Reuters - Fri, 29 Jan 18:22:00 2010

Koman Coulibaly of Mali will referee the African Cup of Nations final between holders Egypt and Ghana in Luanda.

FOOTBALL Mali referee Koman Coulibaly - 0

The 39-year-old, officiating at his fourth Cup of Nations tournament and on the shortlist for the World Cup in June, has been involved in controversy in the past.

Coulibaly awarded Cameroon a disputed stoppage-time penalty in their final 2006 World Cup qualifier against Egypt in Yaounde that, had they converted, would have taken them through to the finals.

The kick was missed by Pierre Wome and Ivory Coast went to Germany instead.

There is also a Facebook page, set up by angry Tunisian fans, that calls for the referee's removal from FIFA's list following his displays in matches involving their team.

Coulibaly will be assisted by Evarist Menkouande of Cameroon and Morocco's Achik Redouane.

Reuters

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  1. its only football , and nothing but football,for egy­ gov to hide whats going on the boarder is haram,we all­ looking forward to watch -mobarek+his gay son geting­ shot by the real egyptian,to make way to el Qauds­ inchaalah,
    QUES; IN WISH COUNTRY YOU DO NOT SEE­ JEWS???????????????????????????????????????????????....­ .

    From Faci, on Mon 1 Feb 1:24
  2. Why are there algerians on every forum talking­ conspiracy theory rubbish? Is there no moderator here?

    From Omar, on Sun 31 Jan 15:09
  3. Now as many world football experts observed how the­ african referree system works for egypt and we wonder­ how team such cote d'ivoire cameroon ghana could­ not achieve their goals which is wining the CAF cup?
    A­ simple remark where is the CAF based? cairo egypt so­ how could you expect those poor referees to be not­ influenced by the caf general secretary who is­ egyptian, how come egypt dont perform under fifa's­ referees (world cup qualifications) last­ qualification 1990.
    It claire CAF is egypt nowonder­ they are wining with the help of referees.
    We must all­ north africains west east south africain peoples stand­ a request a transfer of the CAF offices from egypt to­ south africa.
    Egypt do not deserves the africains cup­ the prouf that they did not make it to the world cup­ for 20 years.

    From kelamzd, on Sun 31 Jan 14:07
  4. I wish the the Black Stars of Ghana the best of the­ game. Go and make West Africa proud!

    J.K.Sawo-Koroma,­ Jui, Freetown.

    From Musu, on Sun 31 Jan 11:52
  5. Going bck to this ref ..I cannot imagine such a low­ rated unfair controversial ref Refereeing the final­ unless their is a point behind it!!! nI have seen him­ on many many occasions and he is defiantly a guy with­ some hidden agendas and defiantly preferring some­ African countries to others where are the referees from­ South Africa, Sichelle and others how come the CAF­ choose such a suspect referee for the final that­ remains behind me and to sick marylin i tell him give­ it a rest bro the show is already over for Algeria and­ mask has been finally uplifted and all this rubbish­ talk about Egypt being violent and so has been publicly­ exposed and everyone has seen how filthy the algerian­ players can be and how much hate they have against­ their god Egyptian masters!! go sleep

    From mmjnr, on Sun 31 Jan 11:51
  6. To all Algerians raving their team being in the WC­ ..well boys let me tell you this being in the WC is­ nothing if you don’t achieve sthing in it ..how many­ teams frm Africa have qualified to WC and left unknown­ to almost everyone?? do you recall in the last WC in­ Germany Togo, Tunisia and Angola all of them are­ minnows and will always remain so. and before that­ South Africa had a miserable WC that no one remembers­ ..dont ever try comparing yourselves to Egypt as you­ are miles and miles away frm reaching an inch of your­ godly masters and you reaching the WC by a fluky goal­ means absolutely nothing compared to reaching the­ continent’s most precious final game and for a 3rd­ consecutive time ..infact Egypt doesn’t need to speak­ abt itself anymore as everyone has already seen wht the­ Pharoes of the Nile have under their big hats and what­ the desert rats have under their filthy skin ..Go hm­ boys and forget abt that WC thing until u do sthing­ decent against England and USA otherwise ur just one­ more block in a pyramid!!

    From mmjnr, on Sun 31 Jan 11:42
  7. It is true that you are egyptians supporting Israel­ against arab. This website is asking for comments when­ you send a comment you ignore because you are a­ egyptian.be kind to everybody so that you have a nice­ website not only from algerie or egypt well send a­ comments.1-2-3- VIVA ALGERIE WE PLAY IN WORLD CUP THIS­ COMING JUNE:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

    From marilyn, on Sun 31 Jan 11:27
  8. maybe the website support by egyptians always say low­ rating your are asking a comment,and you say low­ rating.

    From marilyn, on Sun 31 Jan 11:20
  9. Egyptian you just win in cup of africa but never enter­ in cup of the world accept that you lost for the big­ events.What the peopl well say egyptians support the­ jews,maybe you are the terrorist.

    From marilyn, on Sun 31 Jan 11:16
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    To All Algerians And Egyptian,football is a game.I,m­ not a fans of football but i watch the game last­ november,egyptians player did not play for the­ sport,play for war.
    Egyptians is cheating to make some­ score.How much did you pay for the game?

    From marilyn, on Sun 31 Jan 11:05
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    so from attcking algerians 2 football now they are­ attacking our identity saying a nation that hardly­ speaks arabic lol. each area has its own dialects,­ north africa, sham, khalij etc.. each area has had a­ different colonial past which obviously affects things,­ each nation has had previous inhabitants such as ur own­ country with the coptics. so try to educate urself­ please and please please let your country who thinks­ they are the leaders of the arab, well if ur the­ leaders show us how to behave then, instead of still­ going on about a match, goodness me give it a rest­ and concentrate on other worldly problems like ur­ goverment.

    From Omar A, on Sun 31 Jan 8:56
  12. jedi.
    we don't think we are superior. maybe it is­ you who have inferiority complex. It appears in your­ accusation of Egyptians in being allies to the Jews and­ treasury of arabic nations, it is funny to hear this­ from a nation that hardly speaks arabic. We don't­ think of no one as superior, it is your issues mainly.­ The cruel long french occupation of Algeria has left­ the algerians really scard emotionlly and their­ patrotism has gone psychopathic and irrational. They­ even cheered against the french algerian zidan in a­ friendly match calling him a traitor!!....There are­ psychos everywhere though, egyptians algerians and­ everywhere. We arabs are making all jokes of ourselves.

    From Ramy, on Sun 31 Jan 8:26
  13. faith,, u r rigth but the egyptiens doesn't­ understand that, they think they are superior to all­ others Arabs, how can we discuss with such of people.­ This why all others Arabs doesn't like them they­ are too pretentious.
    Since last November they are­ offensing Algerian people and after that they say they­ are educated(yes egyptchiens education).

    From jedi, on Sun 31 Jan 7:32
  14. Reading the above comments. I see these people have­ nothing to do except insulting and cursing each other.­ Are u having a good job ? are u living in our own­ country in prosperity or been traveling via the deatch­ boat to reach europe?
    Come on, raise your level of­ thinking "brothers", let's not forgetting­ our misery at the hands of our leaders "bouteflika­ and mubarek and the rest ...". I tell u­ something, my son plays here london for chelsea team.­ His teammates treat him like an arab, not an algerian­ or egyptian. Come think twice about these comments! ­
    I am an ex-professional player and love football, for­ me football match is a match like other other matches.­ Loses and winners is part of the game.

    From faith, on Sun 31 Jan 5:21
  15. Never seen or heard so much stupidity from so much­ frustrated people who have nothing useful to say and­ nothing useful to do. How can a football game raise so­ much hatred? You Arab people hate each other and you­ expect others to respect you?

    From unzip_button, on Sun 31 Jan 2:12
  16. For Christ Sake, Egypt is not winning the world cup.­ What's all the fuss about winning games in the­ African Cup?

    From unzip_button, on Sun 31 Jan 2:09
  17. Algeria the country wth no history and no cluture, no­ wonder when they act like that!!!!
    they lose from­ Malawi3-0, they blame the weather,
    they lose form­ Egypt4-0, they blame the reff.
    they win hardly 1-0­ against a weak team like Mali, they think they won the­ AFCON !!!
    they dont know what s the meaning of sport­ and take it as a war, when they felt that the Egyptian­ team r better than them by far, they showed their real­ behavior and manner and kept hitting the egyptian­ players everywhere like crazy.
    they lost 4-0, they­ keep crying everywhere like women.

    From Released, on Sun 31 Jan 1:11
  18. Oh my God, Algerians are still crying like women!!!!­ come on it s just a game, get over it and stop crying­ on all sport websites !!! Algerians be civilized for­ only once in ur barbaric history...... even France say­ that u r the most violent and barbaric people in the­ world and that s why u r being treated there as second­ class people..... u have become the ppl with a very bad­ reputation

    From Released, on Sun 31 Jan 0:55
  19. Oh my God, Algerians are still crying like women!!!!­ come on it s just a game, get over it and stop crying­ on all sport websites !!! Algerians be civilized for­ only once in ur barbaric history...... even France say­ that u r the most violent and barbaric people in the­ world and that s why u r being treated there as second­ class people..... u have become the ppl with a bad­ reputation.........

    From Released, on Sun 31 Jan 0:55
  20. Hazem

    No need for insult - It is our time to be­ extremely happy. But no need for insult. Let us show­ class.

    From Nabil Mabrouk, on Sun 31 Jan 0:36
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