FIFA are investigating Nigeria’s coach, Ladan Bosso, over claims of racism, following his team's quarterfinal loss to Chile at the Under-20 World Cup.

Chile won 4–0 in extra time in a game played last Monday in Montreal.

When FIFA's anti-racism campaign was brought up at the post-game news conference, Bosso said "What happened on the pitch, the officiating, I think FIFA have a long way to go to beat racism, because that official showed racism."

English referee, Howard Webb, waved off Nigerian claims of offside on one of the goals.
Asked if he felt Webb was a racist, Bosso said only that "It's good for FIFA to bring in the fight against racism, but they have to follow it to the letter, so the implementation will be done."

Jack Warner, the tournament's organizing committee chairman, said Wednesday he had instructed the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to open a case against Bosso.

The committee is chaired by Sheikh Salman Al-Khalifa of Bahrain.

Bosso's comments were directed in particular at the play that led to the first Chilean goal, which came six minutes into overtime, after the two sides struggled through 90 scoreless minutes of regulation time.

Chile finally scored when substitute, Jaime Grondona chipped the ball into the penalty area off a free kick. The ball bounced off teammate, Hans Martinez and back to Grondona, who headed it into the net past Nigerian keeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa.

Ezenwa argued Chile was offside on the play. His argument earned him nothing but a yellow card for his pains -- but the Nigerian players, disheartened by what they felt was an unjust goal, fell apart.
Before the end of extra time, they allowed three more goals and left the field 4–0 losers in what was an even game.

At the very least, Webb did Nigeria no favours in Monday night quarter-final match of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup. Bosso didn't do so, but he could have mentioned a play that occurred shortly after Grondona's goal.

Nigeria's Uwa Echiejile broke into the penalty area and was hauled down with a vicious tackle and appeared to have earned a penalty kick, but Webb let play go on.

In the 112th minute, Chile's Mathias Vidangossy won a penalty himself with a run down the right wing. Strong-legged defender, Mauricio Isla, converted to give Chile a 2–0 lead and put the match out of reach.