Ghana Football Assn. Denies Match-Fixing in South Africa Soccer World Cup Qualifier

Ghana’s association football governing physical structure has reacted angrily to accusations that a final grouping World Cup qualifying mettlesome played betwixt “the blackamoor Stars,” its national team, and South Africa was fixed.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) said inward a financial statement to FIFA dated Nov 14 that the insinuations made by South Africa’s association football association were unfounded and should be dismissed with a “punitive amercement and a immense cost.”

“The South African Football Association (SAFA) has dramatis personae sham doubts on the wholeness of the World Cup make and the Black Stars, sadly without any rip up of evidence, and this should live punished severely,” the GFA wrote.

A mean solar day after the controversial game, SAFA demanded a good investigation past FIFA’s disciplinary committee. It also launched an official objection in telling to alleged “match-fixing and tally manipulation” and the alleged “wrongful and unlawful lead of the check referee and other officials.”

Dubious Penalty

The South African team, nicknamed “Bafana Bafana,” visited Ghana’s Cape Coast Sports Stadium octonary days agone needing to avoid defeat to realise machinelike making for State of Katar 2022.

Their hosts needful to win past just now single goal to get level off on points and secure the bingle qualifying bit themselves by virtuousness of a superordinate goal difference.

The spirited hinged on an incident in the 32nd arcminute when Ghana midfielder Book of Daniel Amartey fell to the earth privileged the box seat with minuscule plain contact from South Africa defender Rushine de Reuck.

Senegalese referee Maguette N’Diaye’ awarded a penalty, which was converted by Ghana’s Andre Ayew. The ref also yellow-carded de Reuck

It was the only when goal inward a gamy inwards which very few referring decisions went South Africa’s way.

Match-fixing Exposé

While it may throw no presence on this game, Gold Coast and match-fixing make a history, at to the lowest degree within the country’s domestic help league.

In 2018, a documentary film by Ghanian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw genus Anas led to the surrender of then-GFA chairwoman Kwesi Nyantakyi. He was filmed seemingly soliciting bribes.

Anas uncovered widespread match-fixing, implicating an over-the-top 77 Ghanaian referees and 14 GFA officials inwards various acts of corruption.

In September, a participant who had previously been hailed a hero for taking a place upright against match-fixing was himself supercharged with manipulating a game.

Inter Allies’ guardian Hashmin Musah scored two measured have goals during his team’s 7-0 defeat to Ashanti Gold inwards Ghanian Premier League.

Musah claimed he was attempting to counteract a game to jam the gamy at 5-0 for the benefit of a play syndicate.