CAF rejects Berekum Chelsea request to host Ahly in Kumasi
Posted On Tuesday, 14th August 2012
Berekum Chelsea ordered to play Champions League game against Al Ahly in Accra
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has instructed Berekum Chelsea play their Champions League game against Al Ahly at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday.
The directive was in response to an official request made by the club to have their Match Day four tie moved to the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi after an earlier request to have them reverted to their favourite Berekum Golden City Park was flatly rejected.
The news comes as a blow to the dethroned Ghana Premier League champions as they were hoping to have numerous of their fans from Berekum travel to support the team in Kumasi for proximity purposes.
Chelsea played their opening home game in the 3-2 win over Zamalek in Accra but attendance to the stadium was far from convincing.
The club incurred several loses as a result of the low patronage in their first and only home game thus far in the continental showpiece, hence the move to have them play in Kumasi where they estimated to have a far better turn up.
But Caf has declined their request, instructing them to honour the match against the Egyptian giants in the capital.
Reasons for Caf’s decision is not readily known but the club says it has no other option but to adhere to the directives.
“I can confirm we have been told to play in Accra and therefore we have no other option but to obey,” Chelsea’s Chief Executive Officer Nana Kwame Nketia told GHANAsoccernet.com.
Caf’s fresh decision fuels the growing suspicion that The Blues are being frustrated in favour of the ‘big boys’ in their group.
“I don’t know why they (Caf) are refusing to let us play in Berekum for we have satisfied all the requirements,” the club’s Accra Representative Nana Oduro-Sarfo had earlier told Accra-based Asempa FM.
“We have constructed the media center, a doping room and all that is required of a stadium but yet still they say we cannot play there.
“The GFA has done their bit especially the President (Kwasi Nyantakyi) but for some strange reasons we are not being allowed to play there.”
Chelsea need to beat Ahlyin Accra to revive their ambitions of making the last four.
They were crushed 4-1 in the first leg encounter in the game played behind closed doors at the Cairo International Stadium barely a fortnight ago.
The 2010 Ghana Premier League champions currently lie third in Group B on inferior goal difference to DR Congo’s TP Mazembe with Ahly leading haven won all three previous games.
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Caf is up to something!
If caf wants è so called big names in è lyks of zamalek,al ahly,tp maz, 2 alwaez win è trophy,èy shud tel uz rada dan tossin uz……cant è fa boss du somfin abt it?
B Chelsea should stop messing around and play in Accra.Why, do they want to play all four home games in four different stadia?
did u read the article?? I guess not, so shut the hell up.
@redd…where did you read that chelsea want to play four matches at four different stadia? Chelsea only want to play the rest of their home matches at Kumasi which is closer to B/A where they have most of their support base.with CAF appointing a moroccan ref tells me CAF wants Chelsea out.
There was a very good crowd at the accra stadium when they played zamalek.I was there.All i’m saying is the handlers of the team should stop focusing on venue but psyche up the team for the game.Forget about the moroccan ref.Chelsea is a good team and should be able to get a win against ahly.The likes of barca and madrid dont complain about refs.They just go in and do the jobs they are paid to do.
Maybe u are blind and somebody hold ur hands to the stadium and same thing here somebody read it and told u about the article and commented for u because if you are smart and was at the the game, you ii not be saying what u are saying, good crowd??????…..why do think chelsea wants to play at home????…..to get support if you dont know, now u know.
My friend, i think u lack simple comprehension.The crowd that attended that game would have filled that park at Berekum.Why, in Accra you think they didn’t get the support or will not get it?Somebody is playing in an empty stadium and winning 3 out of 3 so what support are you talking about.Please dont attempt to educate anyone on this forum because i can tell u dont know much.
@Sergeant. Was it not the same chelsea who opted to play their matches in Accra instead of kumasi? what were they thinking when they chose Accra? It serves them right. How come they never considered Kumasi’s proximity to Berekum when they decided to honour their matches in Accra? That should’ve been factored in before their decision to play at the Capital. I’d support them any day but the truth of the matter is that they cannot eat their cake and have it. They better concentrate on Accra before their latter decisions angers the fans in Accra.
All these wouldnt have happened if they made Kumasi their first choice
All the top teams in Europe complain about ref. They must fall in Ghana
b.chelsea thnks the champs league is ghana league where u can change your venue rof rof eh, if mr. Nyantakyi can facilitate ur changing of a match venue 3days to a ghana league game DONOT think that c.a.f. or f.i.f.a. would do same….
Stop looking for feeble excuses,berekum is playing in Ghana finish n claa….AL AHly played in un empty stadium wth 3 key players missing n still won ..convincingly so stop crying for spilt milk.
i was going to cry foul but after readingsome of the post here, i wholly agree, they can’t have their cake and eat it too. I mean, al ahly are playing in an empty stadium and have won all three games played, that’s how professional they are. They don’t whine and cry about not enough supporters. They do what they are being paid to do.
As much as bErekum chelsea can’t eat their cake and have it back, don’t u all fnk caf is tryiNg to play some sort of tricks? Why is there not a ready reason for why they can’t play in kumasi or are they tryiNg to say that the stadium in kumasi is not standard enough now? And why also caf doesn’t want them to play in berekum since it has met all its requirements??? These are all questions that need answers. All I want to say is that I thiNk caf may be trying to tilt the scales in the favour of the favourites in the group.