Zambia investigates physical assault on Ghana players
Posted On Tuesday, 12th June 2012
Derek Boateng claims he was assaulted by Zambia security officials
Zambia football authorities have started investigations into the claims of physical assault on some Ghana players at the of Saturday’s 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
The Chipolopolo defeated the Black Stars 1-0 in the Group D match in Ndola but reports of local police beating up some players of the visiting side has taken the shine off the victory.
Ghanaian midfielder Derek Boateng, striker Ben Acheampong and Jordan Ayew were seen being heckled by some policemen at the end of the game even though the genesis of the heckling is unknown.
Two Ghana top FA board members were also denied entry into the VIP area as the Emmanuel Kyeremeh – a top GFA gun was put among thye supporters where the cheapest tickets were sold.
Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) spokesman Erick Mwanza claims they want to investigate the issue after Ghanaian officials raised the incidents with the match commissioner.
“The Zambian FA has requested for tapes on the match from the national television station and have also implored on any private individual who has a tape covering those incidents to submit it to them,” Mwanza said.
Ghana has stated its intention of reporting the matter to FIFA and CAF after making telling the match commissioner of the incident in front of Zambia FA officials.
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I dont think there was any assult per sa..May be pushing here and there by exited security men. Zambia is a very peaceful nation and if anyone is found wanting will be punished. MEANWHILE , we love you Ghana, You have a very strong team but stop boasting on the past as football nowdays is about goals. God bless you.
My friend shut the Fuck up,Wut do u know about football,if the referee was not on ur side do u think u people would have won the game,if the investigation turns out to be true then get ready 4 us in accra,we are Gud people but don’t get on our bad side..and I know 4 sure Lesotho will give u something 2 cry about.we shall meet in 2013…
GHANAIANS ,U DRIVEN BY 2MUCH ANGER ,WAS THIS THE FIRST DEFEAT WE HAVE INFLICTED UPON U THIS YEAR? YOU WILL B SHOCKED AGAIN BCOS ACCRA IS GONA SHINE ON US N IF U TAKE THINGS YO WAY,FIFA IS GONA SLAP U WITH A BAN N PLIZ NO RIOTS WEN CHIPOLOPOLO BEAT U AGAIN NXY YEAR.
Say.. Let me tell..we are in the 21 st Century but you guys are still living in a stone age. How come football is a unifying force but you turned it to be violence?
Sav, i like the way tackle the issue. Forget about what the later said. You people did well (zambia) and you won. Am a ghanaian but the truth must remain the truth.
Well, i must say, with no malice intended that some Ghanian fans are being bad losers and i think too much attention is being given to a non-issue.Again i say this with no malice. Anyone who was at that match will testify that the referree handled the game all right, there were about two decisions that were questionable but there were not match defining decisions. As to what happened after the game, some Ghanian players tried to accost the referee, which prompted the police officers to automatically surround the ref and form a wall of protection. Some Ghanian players however and team officials however tried to break through this wall and in the process, they got pushed back by the officers. These same players like Jordan Ayew were then restrained by their fellow players and led away. There is no violence in this story,just accept the loss and concentrate on recitfying the mistakes Ghana and building from there as opposed to trying and make excuses like Ghana were unfairly treated and thats how they lost, ghana just never showed up.
THE MATCH IN KUMASI WAS STOPPED 4 40MINS,NOW IMAGINE IF GHANA IN HAD LOST IN AN AWAY FIXTURE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES .FIFA HQS WUD B FLOODED WITH YO TEARS.