Football: Berti gets stoned after Uganda loss.BUNGLING bun·gle v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles v.intr. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently. v.tr. To handle badly; botch. See Synonyms at botch. n. Berti Vogts Hans Hubert "Berti" Vogts (born 30 December, 1946 in Büttgen, near Düsseldorf, Germany) is a former German international football player and manager. Club career was STONED by fans after his Nigeria side crashed to a shock defeat in Uganda. The former Scotland manager has endured a disastrous spell in charge of the African nation and threatened to resign last week because he hadn't been paid. But his troubles increased after his Super Eagles slumped to a 2-1 loss in an African Nations qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. in Kampala. The home fans pelted Vogts and the Nigerian players with stones and missiles at the final whistle. Ugandan police were forced to lock the Nigerian in their dressing room for more than an hour for their own security. Vogts refused to comment on the disturbances, but was quick to blame the officials for the defeat. He stormed: "The referee helped them to win - it was daylight robbery. His biased refereeing gave Uganda the match. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion