Aduana Stars trainer, W.O Paul Tandoh angrily called out the referees for denying his side a goal in their 1-0 defeat to Asante Kotoko in the opening game of the Normalization Committee Special Competition Sunday.
Left-back Abass Mohammed got the game’s only goal just under two minutes of play in the highly competitive tie at Baba Yara Sports Stadium.
Aduana accepted the challenge and fought hard to level up through former Kotoko player Yahaya Mohammad. However, the referee disallowed Mohammed’s goal late in the first half, deeming the striker was offside.
Speaking after the game, an incensed Tandoh charged that the best side lost due to poor refereeing decisions including a red card to his midfielder Noah Martey in the 75th minute.
“Officiating has to be normalized too because it will be suicidal next time when anybody takes the route to defend somebody who is weak.
“I want to tell the NC Chairman and the Referees Appointment Committee that they should look sharp because it was a bad thing.
“The referee [Julius Nunoo] has disgraced himself very well.
“The goal he disallowed, the [Kotoko] player was in the pole so how do you disallow it? That’s a very bad thing. So, I beg the officials that if they want us to have a good tournament, then they should work on the referees because they are still not normalized.”
Aduana Stars will battle Techiman XI Wonders in their second game at the Nana Agyemang Badu Park on Wednesday. Wonders were also beaten 2-0 in Obuasi by AshantiGold on Sunday.
By Daniel Osei
