THE West Africans have sent a reply to the world football governing body on the back of being accused of match manipulation.
The Ghana Football Association has urged Fifa to dismiss South Africa’s match-fixing protest “with a punitive fine and a huge cost” for, among other things, “bringing the brand of the World Cup and Ghana’s senior team into disrepute”.
The GFA made the call in their official response to the world football governing body in the wake of match-fixing, match manipulation, corruption and bribery allegations made by their South African counterparts following a clash between the two nations in the World Cup qualifiers on November 14.
Ghana, playing at home in Cape Coast, recorded a 1-0 win in the Group G final matchday tie to reach the next round of the qualifiers, Andre Ayew scoring the decisive goal from the penalty spot after Daniel Amartey went down in
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