Elvis Herman Hesse, the chairman of Hearts of Oak’s supporters, is calling on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to take disciplinary measures against the referees who oversaw their match against Kotoko last Sunday.
Hesse alleges that the officials intentionally erred by not calling an evident offside during Kotoko’s second goal, resulting in a 3-2 victory for the opposing team.
Referee Reginald Amoah led the officiating team, with Ali Timuah Baah and Mikaal Fauzan as assistant linesmen 1 and 2, respectively, while Gabriel Opoku Arhin served as the fourth official.
In an interview with Peace FM, Herman Hesse declared, “We are appealing to the GFA to, as a matter of urgency, suspend all the officials that officiated the Hearts-Kotoko match on Sunday…Everybody should be suspended, and an investigation needs to be carried out because we, the supporters, believe that there was something hidden in that decision.”
“It was so obvious…We believe that the assistant Ali Tiamoah Baah should have prevented that decision, but because he knew what he was doing, he collided with the other referees, and they allowed that goal to stand.”
Herman Hesse stressed that if the GFA does not take action against the referees, they will not be welcomed to officiate any future Hearts of Oak matches, particularly at their home stadium.
