BAKU, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Both German and Chinese head coaches doubted FIFA's arrangement of having the second assistant referee Emmanuella Aglago of Ghana officiating here Wednesday as Ghana is at the same group with the two teams in U-17 Women's World Cup finals.
"There are so many referees at the tournament, why did they choose one from Ghana?" complained German head coach Anouschka Bernhard.
Chinese head coach Zhang Chonglai echoed his counterpart of Germany. German substitute Ricarda Kissling's last minute goal forced China to a 1-1 tie with Germany.
China led Group D with four points, the same with Germany but better off for goal differences. Ghana pocketed a 5-0 victory upon Uruguay in the third place in the group, scoring three points.
Ghana will face China four days later.
China controlled the whole game by taking an early lead from Miao Siwen's 12 minutes goal inside the penalty area. Yet Kissling 's last minute goal helped German to snatch one point from the struggling game.
"Women's football is almost at the lowest level right now in China. It's also the first time that we entered the U-17 finals. I 'm totally happy with the results, but still some improvements are needed," said Chinese head coach Zhang Chonglai, whose players bursting into tears when they walked hand-in-hand to the Chinese audience on the stands and bowed.
"It's my first time to see a Chinese team playing here. I'll never forget tonight. Our girls are amazing!" said a Chinese named Yang Tiejian, who worked in Azerbaijan for almost five years.
German head coach Anouschka Bernhard was satisfied with team's performance, though she admitted that Germany was a bit lucky in the first half "as the Chinese could have scored more goals."
"It was not easy to get close to the goal and the strikers were not very consequent," said Bernhard.