Ghana Football Association technical director Bernhard Lippert has accused the centre referee who handled the Black Starlets game against Ivory Coast for the defeat
The Starlets failed to qualify for the U-17 AFCON after being eliminated from the ongoing WAFU U-17 Cup of Nations, following defeat to Ivory Coast on Tuesday.
Coach Ben Forkuo’s side was handed hurting 3-1 defeat to their Ivorian counterparts at the Stade de Kugue in Togo, where the tournament is currently ongoing.
Having drawn their first game against Nigeria, Ghana needed a draw to progress to the semi-finals of the competition but the team’s undoing came as a result of poor finishing and some dubious refereeing decisions by Togolese referee Vincentia Enyonam Amedome.
The win sends Cote D’Ivoire through to the semi-finals of the tournament with 6 points. Nigeria also qualifies with 1 point. While Ghana bows out of the tournament with 1 point.
The German trainer despite expressing dissatisfaction about the performance of the team he indicated that the referee on the day decided the outcome of the results.
“I’m not happy with the U17 performance, we have a really problems to score goals, we don’t have this kind of strikers who are real strikers,” he said.
“But in all, the referee decided this match today sorry to say this” he said.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Sylvester Ntim
