The Ghana Football Association has finally written to FIFA to respond to allegations of match-fixing claims made by the CEO of the South African Football, Tebogo Motlanthe and SAFA president Danny Jordan.
In the last couple of days, authorities within Ghana Football and South African football have been engaged in a war of words after the Black Stars beat Bafana Bafana 1-0 in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers Group G final game.
A penalty awarded to Ghana after Daniel Amartey was fouled in the box and which was converted by Andre Ayew has irked the South Africans who say the game was manipulated by the referee.
SAFA later complained to FIFA, with the football governing body telling the GFA to make a response to the allegation by close of the day Saturday, November 20.
While the GFA President has already spoken strongly about the allegations, GhanaWeb has intercepted the official response from the GFA to FIFA.
In the letter, the GFA has accused SAFA of blatantly disregarding the rules of protest after the game and called on FIFA to dismiss the frivolous claims.
The GFA is also urging FIFA to impose a huge fine on SAFA for bringing the World Cup brand and the reputation of the Blak into disrepute.
Portions of the letter read “It is very clear that the request by the South African Football Association in their second letter that – “We will be forwarding all the relevant documents and a detailed complaint within the next 72 hours” – is misplaced and violates the clear FIFA provisions.
Consequently, we, therefore, call on the respected FIFA Disciplinary Committee to dismiss the purported protest with a punitive fine and a huge cost”.
The Ghana FA finally described SAFA’s protest as a fishing expedition with no merit.
Source: The Finder