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The Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum has urged football fans to stop cursing referees when they find fault with officiating.
According to him, while the football association admits that there are challenges with officiating in the country, it also acknowledges that cursing referees are not the solution to the problem.
“I'm not sure cursing referees is the best way to go, we can't improve officiating by cursing referees. If that is the solution then Ghana would have cursed the center referee who officiated the world cup game between Ghana and Portugal.
“No referee will deliberately decide to cheat Kotoko, I report the referee's performance to the review committee and the referee's manager after games that I watched,” Henry Asante Twum told Akoma FM in an interview.
The GFA Communication director further appealed to fans of clubs to be patient and have faith that the Ghana FA is doing its bid to address the officiating challenges.
“There are situations where we all know the referee's performance is not at the level where we want it to be. For someone to think that the FA manipulates referees to cheat a particular team is unfortunate, and there is nothing like that.
“However, the only way we can improve our game is to win fairly. We won't encourage referees who for personal interest influence the result of a game.
“I will appeal to fans to be patient, we know there are challenges with officiating just as we have it on the field in terms of play, so Kotoko fans must clear their mind that no FA official will influence referees to cheat their club,” Henry Asante Twum said.
According to him, while the football association admits that there are challenges with officiating in the country, it also acknowledges that cursing referees are not the solution to the problem.
“I'm not sure cursing referees is the best way to go, we can't improve officiating by cursing referees. If that is the solution then Ghana would have cursed the center referee who officiated the world cup game between Ghana and Portugal.
“No referee will deliberately decide to cheat Kotoko, I report the referee's performance to the review committee and the referee's manager after games that I watched,” Henry Asante Twum told Akoma FM in an interview.
The GFA Communication director further appealed to fans of clubs to be patient and have faith that the Ghana FA is doing its bid to address the officiating challenges.
“There are situations where we all know the referee's performance is not at the level where we want it to be. For someone to think that the FA manipulates referees to cheat a particular team is unfortunate, and there is nothing like that.
“However, the only way we can improve our game is to win fairly. We won't encourage referees who for personal interest influence the result of a game.
“I will appeal to fans to be patient, we know there are challenges with officiating just as we have it on the field in terms of play, so Kotoko fans must clear their mind that no FA official will influence referees to cheat their club,” Henry Asante Twum said.