Ghana: U.S. Coach Speaks On Essien, Country's Penalty

26 June 2006

The 44th minute penalty awarded Ghana against USA Thursday became a major concern of the media at the post match press conference here at Nuremberg. Ghana coach Ratomir Dujkovic simply gave a "no comment" answer to such questions.

Ghana's Razaq Pimpong was up for a pass and was challenged by Standard Liege's Onyewu Oguchi, the American of Nigerian parents. Pimpong freed himself to the ground in a fall that the referee Merk Markus from Germany took for a foul and pointed to the box. The Americans protested but the referee had taken his decision.

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