Feature: Ghana are bad losers
Posted On Tuesday, 19th June 2012
Jordan Ayew
Ghanaian players disgraced themselves last week when they attacked match officials after failing to stomach a 1-0 defeat to Zambia at the brand new Levy Mwanawasa Stadium.
Some enraged players and officials claim to have been assaulted by Zambian police officers after the game as they accosted referees.
They have threatened not only to report the incident to FIFA but sort out Zambian players in the return match next year.
The players, among them, Jordan Ayew, claim to have been batoned by police. I sat at some vantage point and had a clear view of what happened.
It is important for Ghana players, as professionals, to understand that football has three results – victory, draw and defeat – and that all these must be accepted.
I have a few questions for Ghanaian players: Why did they attack the referees? Did they intend to shake hands with the referees or harm them? Where on earth do police officers beat up football players?
So, what did they expect police officers to do when referees’ lives were in danger? Did they want the officers to fold their arms and watch some blood-thirsty Ghanaian players feast on innocent refs?
As they take things to FIFA, they should strive to tell the world football governing body a modicum of truth, and the truth is that no police officer beat up any Ghanaian player!
The police were restraining the players from attacking the refs and I did see a few objects flying in the direction of the hapless Tunisian whistlemen.
These objects came from Ghanaian players, coaches and other officials. It is, therefore, surprising for Ghana to claim that their players were beaten up.
If there was any beating, it was the 1-0 beating which they should just accept because they played second fiddle on the day.
Have Ghana forgotten so easily that Zambia are African champions? Are they not the same Ghana, Zambia beat four months in the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations? What do they think has changed?
Let them just be good losers.
Free points?
And who is spreading false word that Zambia have been awarded three points following Sudan’s use of an ineligible player? I received quite a number of calls from friends who wanted to confirm the ‘good news’.
According to the callers, some website reported that Zambia had been given three points following a complaint FAZ lodged with FIFA that Sudan had used Saif Ali, who was red-carded during the Africa Cup in February.
The truth of the matter is that no three points have been withdrawn from Sudan and awarded to Zambia. This matter is before the FIFA disciplinary committee, which is yet to make a decision.
The decision will be made this week. Suffice to say though that Zambia have a good case. But for me, I would rather we do not rely on the fate of Sudan.
We should qualify on the field of play.
All we need to do is win the remaining games, which is possible. We have the quality to win the games. Yes we do.
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What The Fuck?!? I Only Read Comments But Today I’ma Break My Silence.
This Piece of Crap From Zambianfooty Shouldn’t Be Here! We Are Not Zambians!! Did this Bogus journalist read this shit at all?!? I’m a man of Justice I have my own Ghana black Stars page and I must say we lost tactically! Now Why the Hell we disgracing our own selves on our own site???? This was written by a Zambian! I fucken read this in a comment by a Zambian last week on this site!
Read the last sentence and see if its a Ghanaian crap! Nonsenseeeeee! Its this same journalist who plan our downfall making false news
don’t you fucken know real black Stars players also come on here and read stuffs and this is what they always meet?!? unprofessionalism!!
There are difference between been a just professional footballer and been a professional patriotic footballer! The ref was fucken bias! The players been frustrated just wanted to give him some talkings but the already happy Zambian policemen didn’t allow that looking at the PITCH INVASION!!
BEATING GHANA TWICE DOESN’T MEANS YOU ARE THE BEST!
FUCK YOU Ghana Soccer NET for posting this trash from Zambians site….
Next Zambian I meet is getting a fist in their mouth if they talk like they have been on this site.
keep writing trash and ur players will be treated the same thg when they come. trust me some of us are bent in paying them back with their own coins come wht may. U keep bragging out there in tht ur bonker.
thank u.u’ve xplained it clearly enough & i thnk de stars shd lift up deir game.de coach shd also put de players @ positions wher de dey can play well.
I LIKE THIS ARTICLE. IT IS SPOT ON!!
Stop stealing my identity punk.
This is cheap,desperate and disgraceful bussiness by you lot at GSN.
So you guys think it is clever to cummulate thrash from this good for nothing zombie zambians who have saturated gsn in recent time and make a story out of it because in your selfish view,this generate a lot of traffic to your site and thereby attract more advertisers.You lot at GSN are a disgrace to GHANA.
Are you not giving licence to that moron who calls himself austin to insult us the more.Few days ago,this prick labelled all Ghanaians idiots and fools.
Now to all of you ZOMBIE ZAMBIANS,bone idles,you are no more welcome here.You are pricks and bastards.Ghanaians don’t mingle with smelly rats.Zambia is listed among the top 20 smelly and polluted countries in the world.BASTARDS.
GSN should not post this article here. We have had enough nonsense from these Zambians, and it must stop. If they want to behave like they are the world champions let them do that on their own sites. GSN should not copy and paste such insulting articles on here.
@ Africanus, my bruv, the nonsense can and will only stop if we go with the best materials and beat the bluff out of teams like the Zambia. Did you guys watch the match at all? i was asking a friend if a certain Adiyiah featured in the match against the Zambians? Eventhough he was visibly missing in the match,he finished the match ahead of some better players. If we allow teams like the Zambia and Mali to defeat us so easily like this, then am afraid we will have to ‘consume’ the trashes like this for a very long time.
Let us not add more fuel to a fire that has the potential to damage the good relations between Ghana and Zambia. I am Zambian and am sad to see the animosity that is growing between two countries that have always respected each other. Let us not destroy, but rather strengthen the bridge that connects our two countries. God Bless Ghana! God Bless zambia.
Zambians should know everyone has a different culture. You cannot come here insulting us like you have. ONline or not. Be careful what you do.
Gentleman, Ghanaians should just chill right now and let the Zambians do all the trash talking. All we have to do is win all of our game and meet them at the final game in Ghana, beat them when it really really counted and send a whole nation mourning.
Cant we all just get along?
I see as losing from Zambia next year, because Zambia looks to be too good for us and too clever.Fellow ghanains let accept that we are done LOL…
Ghananians let me educate you, if you want to know the real fire, toutch any of our players when they come. In case you dont know 3 of our national team players have a licence to kill since they are in army encluding our captain. What has Ghana produce to the world which makes them think they are better than zambia? In terms of sports, zambia keeps the world champion in female boxing “ester phiri.” in athleticks we produced, the worlds secornd best runner “Sammuel matete.” africas king of male boxin is in zambia “chingangu.” in motter cade we are have been african champions and still defending for some time now “John Muna.” Were is Ghana with zambia? We are not talking of under something here. Zambia has talent in all aspects than Ghana
How can u compare Zambia to Ghana. We don’t care what you do in other sports but when it comes to soccer, be informed that we have been African champions at every level. We have made our mark on the world level at every level. We’ve won the world cup at U-17 and U-20. We’ve also won bronze at the Olympics. So Zambia you have every right to be happy for beating us but just take note that when we want to make a roll call of our class mates in soccer,countries like Cameroun, Egypt, Nigeria and the like may be mentioned but countries like Zambia have some way to go before they can start comparing to Ghana.
How old are you? 12 years?
Go back to School, or ask Khalusha about Ghana. How old is Zambia?
AM MAD… IDIOT
What we Ghanaians should be doing is to work hard and correct our mistakes. when you watch our recent two games with Zambia you can see the differences.We played much better but due to petty mistakes we went down by one goal each.In those matches whenever the mistakes are corrected we always press them to their walls till they wish the game to be over.What we need to do is to correct those mistakes before the game starts and you will see how they will fumble.We are a better side and they know it,that is why they can’t go beyond those lucky one goal projection.I but you their cup is full that is why they are frustrated.We don’t hate Zambians,we have been with them even during the hard times when they lost the heroes,May their souls rest in perfect peace.Coming to insult Ghanaians on our site is very unfortunate.None of the goals scored against Ghana comes closer the the goal Abedi Pele scored Zambians Chabala in Senegal 1992.We Ghanaians did not make any noise about that.I am surprise of some Zambian funs behavior.Note that the battle has just began and till the final whistle is blown ….
@Game, how about the goal scored by Joel Bwalya in 1996, have you watched it? Compare it with the 1992 goal.
Shame that Ghanaians cannot seem to accept the truth. What happen in 96 when we beat you? Or you only remember the 92 goal. Ghana has good players but who cant score when it matters, remember the 2010 WC and Afcon? How about the 12 afcon? If i was you, i would put JUJU at FIFA HQ so they rule against Us if we get the 3 pts you are as good as out.
They say talk is cheap.. This article should be the motivation for Ghana black star that for the rest of the matches no one will beat them. And when Zambia comes to Ghana send them back with 6 – 0 and refer them to this article. Violence is not the answer.
Ghananians come to http://www.zambianfootball.net and see how your blackstars messed up our dressing room at our new stadium.
Meanwhile the saga continues, these are times I miss my Ghanian friend Kwaku (now in US) we would argue whole night at almost everything, iam enjoying the Kumasi Zambia Vs Ghana build-up. You Ghanians wat will happen if we cleaned your bottoms 3-0 in Kumasi? Call chipolopolo God!? What a sorry sight that will be, just wait n see. By the way stop attacking the Editor your Editor of this site that’s why its written FEATURE, not a regular article in short or just an invited author, do you need a Zambian to come n tell you this!? The Editor just want to “open a balanced” debate being a global village that’s why we r all here I aint even in Zambia! Just tell us where we will get your beers, your girls (and we do give it hard in zambia), and give u guys just hugs and amigos back to zambia with 3 points in the bag! How sweet!
@ the game, i like your language. But do you no that in the history of soccer, it is only a zambian who broke the record of scoaring 105 goals in one season? His name name is Godfree Yuka Chitalu. Fifa honored him in early 2000. Check it on the fifa web site. Not even a brazilian came closser to him up to now.
Your picture shows it all, I m not seeing any player being battered by a Zambian Cop. By the way, you dont like us here, but you also visit Zambianfootball and say alot of trash!!!!
Don’t you have cleaners in Zambia? Has any of your FAZ official ever stayed in a hotel before? do you check out with your trash? ONLY IN ZAMBIA.
Zambia shouldn’t expose their ignorance to the world.
CHECK THIS OUT
1. Filed a complaint to FIFA after two weeks instead of 72 hours
2. A visitor to clean a dressing room
3. Fans invading a pitch while Ghana players are still on the field
4. Refused to give some VIP seats to Ghana officials
5. Bribed a Tunisian Referee
6. Police maltreating Ghana players
7. Ndola Stadium without cleaning staff
And you are still not ashamed?
Ghana 0 Zambia 1 in Kumasi next year. Again!!
….And after next year in Kumasi, if they happen to meet again, it will be Zambia 1 Ghana 0. Again!…
…and again and again…..
I WAS NOT WORRIED HEARING DEREK’S DILEMA CAUSE HE WAS AS USELESS AS KWADWO ASAMOAH WHO CHOSE TO GO OUT QUIETLY IN SHAME
am not concerned wit trash of zambs but of how we can gain that fire power that kept zambian fingers in mouth for 90 min
IDIOT
Wat de fuck is dis konkonte zambian footyman talkin abt? He shd go and watch de whole match again. We ar waitin 4 dem @ de Garden city. We wil take our pound of flesh in all offence commited against our team. No african country can take us 4 a ride. We must protest 2 fifa & caf not 2 allow any tunisian, zimbabwean & zambian 2 officiate any match involvin Ghana. Dat officiatin is a disgrace 2 african futbal & we wont allow dat. Tsooöo!! Booei!!. Arise Ghana youth.
Look whoz talkin hotelz zambia has some of tha best hotelz in africa sun international.protea.holiday in u name them
It is a shame the animosity between Ghana n Zambia.those day of the great abedi pele ayew,tony yeboah,samuael kuffour and the great kalush bwalya,Kenneth Malitoli,Charles Musonda both teams and fans had respect for each otha.1987 wat a match we btn these nations and who can forget the classic of 1992 not 2 mention the return of abedi at AFCON 96 n theexploits of King Kalu.it jst a game gentlemen rivarly comes wit it
And yeah Ghana always displays talent no one can fault them the black stars are a group ia a group of talented players and can even be more technically gifted than z chipolopolo.bt two things gives them an edge ova ghana.They are mo mature and they are a group of fearless warriors.
Ba fikala mwatomba sana ba Ghana
u guys are the most funniest people i have seen.one zambia said they have done many things.let me tell u,u zambians can neva play usa or england.If u think u have wat it takes to qualify for the wc 2014 then try harder.u would neva get to where ghanaians have reached.that fool too saying the have three player who have certificate to shot.do u think we dont have.fools.zambians we are in the top 30 of best team in the world.wat about u
If Appiah and Konadu had done their job we will not be taking this abuse by Zambian fans. Adiyiah and Jordan did a great job against Lesotho in Kumasi but after the first half of the Zambian game a good coach should have assessed that these youngsters could not get the job done and should have employed different personnel and tactics to defeat Zambia but instead they stuck with the unproductive strikers till we lost the game. Clottey is ranked number 8 best striker in the world why not give him some playing time. I am glad Baby Jet is unretiring and Dede will be joining the team by the time we face Sudan and Zambia again. The Ghana FA must do their untmost to field the best players next year.
Abedi Pele says Ghana must make bold moves to improve the Black Stars, the first bold move Appiah and Konadu must make is to drop Jordan Ayew from the starting line up. There must be some real competition at the striker position. The likes of Waris, Yiadom, Emmanuel Barfour, Derrick Asamoah to name a few should compete and only the best should be paired up with Asamoah Gyan at the striker position.
Kwame Nkrumah and Kenneth Kawunda were both great African politicians during the struggle to liberate Africa from Colonial rule. Ghana is not going to have it easy against Zambia on the soccer field unless we bring our best players and our best coaches. The reason is because Zambians are very politically conscious and they are also proud and free and comfortable in their skins just as Ghanaians are. Without good tactics, talent and coaching we cannot beat Zambia.
The coaching staff must go back to playing boring soccer just like the Zambians are doing. Defend and counter attack. If we try to go back to playing entertaining soccer we will get our butt kicked by the Zambians for the third time in 12 months.
And we coming to kick yo butts 4 real,Acraa brace yourself.
@ cocnutman you are the man, we are coming to beat Ghana Accra or Kumasi its Zambia all the way
To our Ghana brothers; there is no need for this animosity. Like I told your Ghanian country men on our website; if Ghana make it to Brazil..we will be cheering you on just as hard as anybody else, the same way we cheered you two years ago in RSA. There has always been respect bewteen our countries and that should not change.
Here’s a link to what happened after the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wXUblInsrVw
Keep flattering urself with these assumptions.My God! What in the world do u mean by “they would have made it to the world cup”? Ok, then i can also say Ghana would have won the world cup if that penalty had gone in. If u beat us twice, once fortuitously in a tournament and once in a qualifier at home in a new stadium with a partizan crowd, how do u expect a proud nation with a colourful soccer history to accept ur primitive arrogance when its not over yet? So whats ur beef with Ghanaians holding on to the assertion that, we r still miles ahead of ur cheap copper bullets.Yes zambia played a part in pan africanism but only in southern africa. Ghana was a haven for freedom fighters all over africa, not just its sub region, so what are u bragging about? Ghana opened the eyes of all africans to who we are and how far we can get.Where was ur poor landlocked country when Ghana through her perpetual largesse was doling out large sums of cash to other african countries to help them start up after gaining independence which was masterminded by the most influencial african leader in the past century.If u know ur history fill the gap with the name. zambia played at the olympics and won nothing, while Ghana won bronze beating some of the best teams in the world on the way. “our under 20 side …..even reached the quarter finals”, are u really listening to urself?u talk about these lean achievemente like the mediocre under achievers u are. Let me refresh ur memory a little, Ghana has always made it to the under 20 last four anytime we got there and twice to the finals before becoming champions which inferior minds like urs find hard to swallow. We west africans have well developed physiques cos we eat well and have the best and most nutritious cuisine on the continent unlike ur one way cuisine which makes u look like pygmies, more reason we always look bigger and stronger than u. Ur guys are so blinded by envy u keep contrasting urselves. U claim Ghana won the afcon 30 years ago,zambia was ranked 15th in 1996, u guys won it recently so the whole of africa should go to hell cos u r soccer gods, accepted, eleven years on Ghana is ranked 16th as u say. So who’s currently a better side? As for countries Ghana has beaten convincingly on the world stage, go check ur fifa.com and find out for urselves since u r so fascinated with the Black Stars of Africa. For ur information, refusal to insult me doesn’t make u any cultured, in fact the idea of merely stoking flames and wading a smear campaign weeks after the game is insulting. Besides on what account can a pygmy from a poor landlocked country like zambia insult a Ghanaian. Go find out what happened to that foul mouthed arsenic zambian vodafone exec. who tried to abuse Ghanaians he was working with. If u care to know, we threw him out like the ungrateful stray dogs u are. u r warned off this site, u r not invited to this party.OSEEEEEE GHANA!!!