Referee Elfath, the US referee who officiated the Ghana-Portugal match last week has expressed regret at the penalty he awarded Portugal after Cristiano Ronaldo went down in the box.
According to sports journalist Saddick Adams, Ghanaian Dr Joe K, formerly of Prempeh College caught up with the embattled referee in Qatar. In their conversation, the referee insisted that based on what he saw in the moment, it was a penalty if not the VAR referee will alert him on the penalty decision.
He continued to apologize to Ghanaians and the whole Africa
And he has nothing against Ghana and he Loves Ghanaians a lot.
The match ended in a favor of Portugal national team to take a narrow win against Ghana in the first group match.
