Burkina Faso coach Put: “We deserved to beat Ghana"
Posted On Thursday, 7th February 2013
Paul Put
After guiding the ‘Stallions’ of BurkinaFaso to their first ever Africa Cup of Nations final appearance, Belgian coach, Paul Put minced no words that even poor officiating by Tunisian referee, Slim Jedidi could not stop his brave charges galloping to the final after the 3-2penalty win at Mbombela Stadium on Wednesday night.
The 42-year-old Tunisia referee, Slim Jedidi, in charge of his third game in the tournament, had a poor game, making numerous controversial decisions in the fiercely fought encounter against the West African countries.
He awarded Ghana’s Black Stars a 13th minute soft penalty and then denied Burkina Faso a penalty but opted to hand gifted midfielder, Jonathan Pitroipa marching orders for a second bookable offence.
“It was a tough game but we deserved to win even though the decisions of the referee did not match the commitment shown by the 22 players on the pitch. We were upset with the penalty given to Ghana but I told my players at half time that we need to forget about it and continue to fight,” Put said.
He added: “We knew Ghana have a lot of offensive players and we needed to maintain our shape and position. I am happy with the win but I am more happy for the players and the people of Burkina Faso,” Put said Burkina Faso have since “become interesting to a lot of people,”
Ghana’s Black Stars coach, Kwesi Appiah said he is disappointed with the end result for his youthful side.
“We created some chances but penalties are unfortunate, anything can happen. When we were leading we should have make sure we defended well and at this level, you cannot make mistakes we committed in the goal we conceded,” he said.
Appiah said the Ghanaian team is still young and they have learnt their lessons going forward.
The Ghanaian players cried a river of tears after Burkina Faso goalkeeper, Daouda Diakate dived to his left to save Emmanuel Agyemang Badu penalty after striker, Aristide Bance cheeky penalty had put the ‘Stallions’ on course to a 3-2 penalty victory and a place in the Cup final for the first time in their country’s history.
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Well done Coach…as for the referees ,its unfortunate cos they killing the game and denying the in form teams representation Africa on the world stage.
To save face Ghana government and d FA should have a joint statement that they condemn d ref’s decisions that looks like help to ghana. Ghana has lost face worldwide.
Rubbish Ghana, you thought you were better than Champions Zambian. Shame on you. You paid the referee to favour you, but tricks failed.Viva Zambia
Ghana was really favouerd in that game……did you promise ref gold? that kind of officiating is absurd. thank God burkina won. they diserved it and nothing the ref nd caf can do about it. BURKINA won within reg time…they went to penault shoot out coz of that corrup idot….whoever sent the Egyptian ref parking must fire that idiot of a ref..
AS A ZAMBIAN ITS BETTER NOT GHANA. GHANA BELONGS TO THE REPEAT 3 AND 4 TH PLAY OFF. NOW YOU BELIEVE THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. THATS HOW WE REPEATEDLY BEAT GHANA. NOW WAIT. EVEN THE LITTLE SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY FOR YOUR POMPOSITY. NO WORLD CUP. YOU CANT WIN WITH YOUR BLOGGERS WITH INSULTING NAMES FOR THE GOD CHOSEN NATION.
YOUR OWN PROFESSOR TOLD YOU. ITS GROUP C AGAINST GROUP C.THE REAL GROUP OF DEATH. NOT YOUR OVERATINGS.http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/ghanaian-professors-predicts-ghana-afcon-doom/
congratulations burkinafaso for humiliating the black stars, you taught ghana a lesson had it been that stupid refree from tunisia burkina faso could have won the game in 90 minutes to start with the penalty for ghana was a fake one, the red card given to jonathan petroipa was a fake one the couch for carpe verde said that the refree were favouring ghana you condemned him and insulted him now you can bealive him.Ghana Will never win this the AFCON for many years to come.group c was a very tough group you insulted zambia when they were eliminated by burkina faso now its you crying,you have all the surport by the refree but you still failed to beat BUURKINA FASO CONGRATULATIONS BURKINA.ivoiry coast and ghana came at the afcon busy boasting that they are the favourates but where are they big names doesnt matter
YOU STUPID ZAMBIANS, BECAUSE YOU WERE KNOCKED OUT LIKE USELESS PEOPLE FROM THE PRELIMS, YOU ARE REJOICING . DONT FORGET , AT LEAST WE HAVE KEPT TO OUR POSITION AS ONE OF THE FOUR BEST. WHAT HAVE YOU AFTER BEING AFRICAN CHAMPIONS???? SO BETTER SHUT YOUR SMELLING MOUTHS AND BE PREPARED FOR THE WORLD CUP. GHANA WE NEVER SAY DIE.
Be humble and God will lift the Black Stars. otherwise you shall be forever be no. 3rd and 4th..
we will like it that way than fall into oblivion. You loosers laughing at one who progresses farther than you. lol
trying so hard to be our playmates. mediocre
Better to have won something than always coming out 4th. Ghana has reached its maximum achievemnent level, which is 3rd or 4th place. A 30 year old person in Ghana has no idea whatsoever how it feels to win the Africa Cup. I dont know if 1982 rings a bell in your flat heads. On another hand, you guys believe so much in juju. That shit can only go so far. For 30 years you have used juju in international soccer and you have not won anything. The practice of Juju in your team is all over the news, BBC, Sky Sport and CNN included. What a shame. I dont even know whether to refer to you as Black-magic stars or Bulshit stars.
Coach Put said to his players at half time that his players “should maintain their shape and position” Ghana Coach Appiah was out-coached by Put of Burkina Faso. When Burkina Faso’s striker scored their first goal you could see that Ghana’s defense had no shape and the full backs and midfielders were completely out of position. You cannot have the discipline it takes to maintain positions if the players are playing out of position. It is like taking a fish out of water and expecting it to survive, it just does not work. A professional player who has honed his skills for years as a winger or midfielder is all of a sudden being asked to play full back. It just does not work. A player who is a natural left footer is being asked to play on the opposite side of the field it is counter intuitive, they can do it but a player in their natural position will do better. The players are professionals and will do whatever the Coach demands of them but this Coach had been experimenting all the way up to the tournament and all the way through the tournament. I am not confident that Coach Appiah is the man to take Ghana to the promised land. Shape, formation, positioning are like the framework on a building or a skeleton on a body, without it you have “jello”, weakness and everything colapses. There were too many gaps in Ghana’s formation and shape any good team would have exploited this. If Coach Appiah is retained through the World Cup these deficiencies will be magnified and would be exploited by world class coaches. Appiah was helped by the talent of his squad and not by his coaching abilities. He ought to do Ghana a favor and resign.
I don’t know why Ghanians think their team is quality. STUPID GHANAIANS apart from a few like GH FUO, THINK BIG who are objective and want their team to progress.Look at how they were outplayed by Cape verde. Had it not been for that penalty, one wonders what would have happened. Ghana was also in the easiest of groups which also meant easy passage to the knockout phase.You did not only lose but were outplayed by a 10 man BF despite the ref being on your side. Do you know the FIFA ranking of BF? That team which played in the last afcon was better. Your coach is an idiot. He substitutes a best penalty taker in extra time. What an overrated team
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“Appiah was helped by the talent of his squad and not by his coaching abilities. He ought to do Ghana a favor and resign.” . @ African Consciousness, this statement of yours is the TRUTH! There is no tactical discipline in the team! What is helping the team is their tactical training at their foreign teams and not AA’s knowhow. He might be a gentleman, but this does not help the team! There was no creative player on the field of play, the creative players were left out or banned from the team! The team and the management control AA and not otherwise. The job is simply too big for AA. His Assistant Konadu or coach Dramani would be better suited due to their better tactical understanding and knowhow. The GFA must wake up and react fast before its too late! US$ 8 mio. wasted for nothing!- A case of “causing financial loss to the state”!!!
FOOLISH MAN LIKE YOU. YOU CALL THIS FOOTBALL WHEN YOU BORROW MACHOMEN , THUGS AND GANG GUYS TO BULLY SKILLFULL GUYS. THE PITCH ALWAYS GAVE YOU THE ADVANTAGE ANYTIME YOU YOU PLAYED THE LONG BALL. ON ANOTHER PITCH, YOU WOULD HAD SEEN A BETTER GAME. I DONT BLAME YOU FOR THAT. YOU PLAYED BETTER AND REALY DESRVED IT. BUT YOU ARE NOW LEAVING THAT VILLAGE PITCH AND ENTERING THE CITY. AND NIGERIA WOULD SHOW YOU FINE FOOTBALL. BUNCH OF BANDITS AND HERDSMEN
we are looking for where to put the blame but we can’t find one.Well i put that one in destiny’s hand. fuck destiny and fate for putting the semi finals in Nelspruit. Just take a look at the fine football Nigeria played against Ethiopia, CIV and Mali. it was because they had the best of surfaces. Shame to south Africa for givig these cowboys the unneccesary advantage over us.
Now shame to Coach for not taking thay loaf of finished bread and bringing in instincts. He really deserves a scold. Shame to Jedidi for poor officiating. He turned nature against us with the first decisions. I can go on and on but the truth is that, some of our own people benefit from our falure and all this things were seen before hand. But we would never see because we talk too much. Well it makes the world go round. Btut once again the boys have made me proud.
You loosers laughing at one who progresses farther than you. lol
trying so hard to be our playmates. mediocre.
Ghana BLACKSTARS going to compete for 3rd place again is not a disaster but rather a dissapointment to us.
GBSTAR always above the rest.
Afcon 2008- kicked asses to 3rd place
Afcon 2010- kicked assess to 2nd place
Afcon 2012- kicked assess to 3rd place play off
Afcon 2013- kicked assess to 3rd /4th place play off
who is more consistent this aint no fluke
That ref was dead drunk and blind! I’ve never seen such a terrible officiating. But of a truth God has chosen to shame that godless man. He should be expelled from officiating matches.
Congratulations to Burkina Faso!
Akeweta from Nigeria.
hey guys why the foul language? thats very un african, idiots. oh sori i mearnt to say that uken xpress yourselves wthout insulting. its just a game. does anyone of u gain in anyway (apart from the split second post victory euphoria )wen your team wins.
Winning nothing wether 3rd,4th ,5 is useless .Chipolopolo have been undefeated in 3 nations cups
Better to have won something than always coming out 4th. Ghana has reached its maximum achievemnent level, which is 3rd or 4th place. A 30 year old person in Ghana has no idea whatsoever how it feels to win the Africa Cup. I dont know if 1982 rings a bell in your flat heads. On another hand, you guys believe so much in juju. That shit can only go so far. For 30 years you have used juju in international soccer and you have not won anything. The practice of Juju in your team is all over the news, BBC, Sky Sport and CNN included. What a shame. I dont even know whether to refer to you as Black-magic stars or Bulshit stars.