{"id":26053,"date":"2014-06-19T13:48:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T13:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=26053"},"modified":"2014-06-19T14:46:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T14:46:48","slug":"fifa-appoints-sandro-ricci-to-officiate-ghana-germany-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/fifa-appoints-sandro-ricci-to-officiate-ghana-germany-game\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA appoints Sandro Ricci to officiate Ghana \u2013 Germany game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian referee, Sandro Ricci has been appointed by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) to handle Saturday\u2019s crunch Group G game between the Black Stars and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Staurday\u2019s game between Ghana and Germany will be Ricci\u2019s second game after handling the France- Honduras match that saw the historic introduction of Goal Line Technology to decide France\u2019s second goal scored by Karim Benzema.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Brazil 2014, Sandro Ricci in the previous year covered four matches at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey in addition to two matches at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, where he officiated the final between Bayern Munich and Raja Casablanca.<\/p>\n<p>Sandro Ricci hails from Brasilia the capital of the host nation, Brazil and is 39 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on Saturday, coach \u00a0Appiah and his 23-man contingent will be looking to bounce back from their demoralizing \u00a02-1 loss against the United States of America and secure the needed point to salvage their dwindling World Cup fortunes.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is currently placed third in Group G and will need at least a point from the game to remain in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Germany on the other hand lies atop of Group G with a comfortable 3 points after their convincing 4-0 win over Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>By: Benjamin Epton Owusu\/Citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EPTON_233\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EPTON_233<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian referee, Sandro Ricci has been appointed by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) to handle Saturday\u2019s crunch Group G game between the Black Stars and Germany. 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