Nana Yaw Amponsah disagrees with GFA’s decision to postpone Kotoko clash with Ashantigold

Asante Kotoko Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nana Yaw Amponsah disagrees with the postponement of their matchweek 29 away fixture against regional rivals Ashantigold.

The Porcupines were to clash with the Miners on Thursday afternoon at the Len Clay Stadium but the game has been called off due to security reasons.

The announcement came on Wednesday night, less than 24 hours to kickoff and both teams in camp, ready to face off in Obuasi.

However, Nana Yaw Amponsah is furious with the FA’s late decision to postpone the game. He added that the timing of the decision to ban Ashantigold was wrong which could have effect on the club’s remaining games.

He believes Ashantigold will not be competitive in their remaining games because they know it will be meaningless due to their demotion.

“The timing of the verdict of Ashantigold’s ban is irrelevant and the Ghana FA should have done further consultations before releasing the ban”, he told Peace FM.

“Banning Ashantigold in the middle of the season for match-fixing is not a good idea and if they [FA] thinks that’s what the club is doing then the ban will urge them to engage in more match manipulations”.

According to him, the Kotoko team arrived in Obuasi on Wednesday ahead of the Thursday clash and the decision to postpone the game at the eleventh hour is a bad thing to do.

“We were only informed on Wednesday evening about the postponement of the match against Ashantigold on Wednesday evening and that has destructed the team because we prepared adequately for the match and now the FA has spoiled everything and our plans.”

“So is the FA going to postpone all Ashantigold games from now on, if so then what was the essence of postponing our clash and I think they didn’t do due diligence on the release of the ban”.

“They should have waited for the season to end because we’re left with six matches to the end of the season.”