The Management of Kumasi Asante Football Club has expressed confidence in the Ghana Football Association in the determination of the circumstances surrounding last Wednesday’s abortive Glo Premier League match with Berekum Arsenals at the Golden City Park, Berekum.
It has, therefore, urged the FA to come out with the right judgement on the abortive game and apply the needed sanctions.
Mr. Jarvis Peprah, Director of Communication of Kotoko, said his side followed the rules of the game to the last letter prior to kick-off time and are therefore hopeful that the football governing body would not only apply the rules in determining the guilty side, but would also use the correct judgement in applying the needed sanctions.
Both Kotoko and Arsenals put on white and red-dominated jerseys which, according to the match officials, made it impossible for them to distinguish between the players of the two teams.
This was when supporters of the two teams had filled the stadium in their numbers, expecting a beautiful match, but they were highly disappointed when the match was called off due to the clash of jerseys.
According to match report, there were heated verbal exchanges between Kotoko officials and the match officials as to whether the visiting team was to change their jersey when they had entered the field.
Explaining the rationale behind the abortive match, the Communications Director of Kotoko said during the pre-match conference at 11am last Wednesday, the match officials told Kotoko to change their colours because they clashed with that of Arsenals.
He said they complied with the directives and changed the colours by putting on white jerseys with- red- dominated pants and hoses ,saying the two teams could have played the match without any incident. But just after they entered the field, supporters of Arsenals called the match officials to compel Kotoko to change their colours again.
He said the action of the Arsenal supports might have jolted the match officials to change their decision by calling on Kotoko officials to change their jerseys after entering the field, a situation which he said, was against the rules of the game.
Explaining, he said it was the same match officials who asked the guest team to change their colours during the pre-match conference.
“We have taken photographs of the colours of the jerseys and would present them to the FA when the need arises, so we are not disturbed about the turn of events”, he said.
He debunked the assertion that Kotoko was at fault, saying “we never faulted because we agreed to change the colours during the pre-match conference, and it was the referee who led the two teams onto the field of play, but suddenly changed his mind for reasons difficult to comprehend.
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