‘How do you expect me to earn my daily bread?’ – Banned Ashgold defender Samed Mohammed questions DC’s verdict

Ashantigold defender, Samed Mohammed has expressed his disappointment over Ghana Football Association [GFA] Disciplinary Committee.

The 22-year-old has been slapped with a two and half years ban handed him for match manipulation.

The defender has been banned from all football-related activities for a period of 30 months in accordance with Article 34.5(d)(i) of the Ghana Premier League Regulations, which prescribes a ban, either indefinitely or for a specific period, whenever the GFA or its Disciplinary Committee is satisfied that a fixed match or a match of convenience has taken place between AshantiGold SC and Inter Allies at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium.

Samed Mohammed was said to have insulted the Inter Allies FC coach, Felix Aboagye for bringing Hashmin Musah into the game to spoil the scoreline.

The action relates to a Ghana Premier League game at the end of the 2020/2021 season when Ashantigold beat Inter Allies by 7-0. An Allies player, Hashmin Musah, scored two own goals and later admitted his action was to spoil a bet placed on the said game.

However, Samed speaking in an interview with Kumasi-based Precise FM said he has no hand in the match fixing and that it is an unfair to have banned him.

“The verdict is not right because they can never get any evidence against me that I staked a bet on that game because I have never stake a bet in my life and they can never accused me of playing a match of convenience because whoever knows me can attest to how I treat every game equally”

“I’m very worried by this decision and very confused. I think the committee has been very unfair to me because there were 22 players involved in the game so where are the others who were not charged? The player that scored the two deliberate own goals has had his ban reduced to six months”

“They have been very unfair to me, I’m a footballer and what do they expect me to do now, how do I earn my daily bread? I now understand the assertion that not all prisoners are guilty of their crimes”

“It could be that the match was a match of convenience but I knew nothing about it, all that I knew was that I was playing my league game and nothing else”

“I did not insult the Inter Allies coach but I only confronted him to ask why he substituted the player to score the two own goals, he insulted me and I retorted that ‘he is a disgrace’”