Ghana captain Andre Ayew has slammed Gabon following their epic stalemate recorded at the ongoing AFCON 2021 tourney in their second Group C game on Friday.
The son of the legendary Abedi Pele further revealed why he and his team engaged in a fierce altercation with the Gabonese shortly after the game ended. The Black Stars were on course to secure their first points of the game when Jim Allevinah scored two minutes from full-time, amidst a shroud of controversy.
The Ghanaians claim the goal should not have counted because they were in possession of the ball when one of their players got injured so they kicked the ball out of touch per the rule of the association football stipulates.
This is what Ayew said; “A Ghanaian player was [lying] on the field. We had the ball and we put the ball out because our player was on the field,” Ayew explained to pressmen at the post-match press conference.
[On resumption, you are supposed to] take the ball and give it back to Ghana. Simple as that. So we were waiting for the ball to come back and the ball was never coming back. And they played [on] and that’s how they got their only open chance of the game. That is it.
It’s very small of them. I’m disappointed in them, but no problem. We are Ghana, we’re going to win the last game and go through.”
Ayew broke the deadlock for Ghana in the 17th minute after receiving a pass from Thomas Partey, going round his marker and firing a shot past goalkeeper Jean Noel Amonome.
Meanwhile, Ghana will need a good result in their final group game against Comoros on Tuesday to make it to the next round of the competition.
SOURCE: www.Ghgossip.com
