Blatter Goes Gaga!

Last updated : 08 February 2015 By Footy Mad - Editor

A section of supporters threw bottles at a flying helicopter as it tried to land on the pitch ... as they tried to make it crash!

In a game that Ghana would eventually win 3-0 after a half-hour delay, projectiles were hurled from the crowd and supporters clashed outside the Nuevo Estadio de Malabo.

The Equatorial Guinea football federation - the tournament's hosts - were subsequently fined 100,000 US dollars (£65,600) and ordered to pay for the treatment of injured Ghana supporters.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said 36 Ghana supporters were hurt after coming under attack from home supporters, with 14 taken to hospital. It said one of those hospitalised was under close observation.

In quotes carried by The Guardian, Blatter accused the media of ignoring any positivity surrounding African football.

He said: "Good news is no news, bad news is news. We only talk about the bad. Football - which is such a good thing - let it live, leave it in peace, it's well organised, let them do it.

"I don't see the negative side of African football that the media presents. It's normal, we criticise what's good, never what's bad. The unhappy role of the media is to assume and to forecast.

"In the past, the government made a decision and the media passed it on. Today, we make decisions and the media have already presented it. We become slaves to the media who have already given an opinion.

"The media can play a role, must play a role, but they must play a role where the notions of respect and fair play are the basics.

"Today the world opens the newspapers, watches television, and sees only murders and killing. We never talk about princesses marrying any more."