In Ghanaian football, VAR is important if we wish to avoid a situation similar to what happened on May 9. What prevented the assistant referee from flagging Kotoko’s second goal against Heart at that moment? The VAR may have been provided by regular cameras; all that would have needed to be done was playback to see the imprint. Against Accra Hearts of Oak, the second goal was offside.
GFA has to be blamed for the falling standard of Ghanaian football. They have failed to improve upon what matters in the football.
Yesterday at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi Asante Kotoko defeated Accra Hearts of Oak, their long-time rivals, 3-2 in the Ghana Premier League’s week 14 match.
Despite the Phobians’ pregame claims of a decisive win, the Asanteman contingent took home the bragging rights.
Hearts launched their first attempt in less than a minute, but Hamza Issah’s header from Michael Ampadu’s low cross to the right went over the bar by miles.
After a quick move led by Steven Mukwala, Kotoko almost immediately countered on the other end, but Peter Amidu’s last shot struck the side net.
Steven Mukwala almost broke the deadlock with a powerful header from a corner kick, but Richmond Ayi in post for the Phobians denied the Ugandan.
The next big opportunity again fell to Mukwala whose acrobatic attempt at the far end missed target by inches.
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