Ghanaian Football Association logo – Press image courtesy Ghanaian FA’s official Twitter
CAIRO – 7 October 2017 – The Ghanaian Football Association requested from FIFA a rematch against Uganda in the fifth round of the World Cup qualifiers, which ended by a scoreless draw on Saturday, because of the unfair refereeing.
The Ghanaian Football Association (GFA) posted on its official Twitter account after their game against Uganda that it lodged a protest with FIFA over the performance of referee D. Bennett & his assistants E. Adelaide & S.Marie during the 2018 World Cup Qualifier against Uganda, the GFA filed the protest to FIFA, immediately after the match at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Kampala.
Bennett and his assistants denied Ghana a perfect goal in the 93rd minute because of an offside, but with television replays showing that it was a perfect goal, the referee also denied Ghana a penalty earlier in the second half when Ghana’s midfielder Frank Acheampong was brought down in the box. These, and several other decisions by the match officials, left the GFA with no option than to ask FIFA for a rematch. “The GFA respectfully asked FIFA to consider the possibility of a replay in order to serve the ends of justice without fear or favor,” the GFA posted on Twitter.
Ghana and Uganda are playing in the same group with Egypt and Congo. With the current result, Egypt has a large chance to qualify to the 2018 World Cup in Russia in case of defeating Congo in the first round of the African qualifiers to the World Cup.
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