Retired referee and National Vice Chairman of Referees Association of Ghana, Joe Debrah has cast blame on the Ghana Football Association for their inability to provide clear video evidence for alleged poor officiating by some referees.
Ghana football has been characterized with some bad officiating this season, with the recent incident being in the MTN FA Cup rescheduled game between Asante Kotoko and NEA Salamina at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, where the visiting team fumed over referee Nuhu Liman's decision to award Asante Kotoko a late controversial penalty, which they converted to the game 2-1 to advance to the semifinals stage.
According to the retired official asserted that their inability to ascertain clips from games that would make them proactive in their disciplinary adjudication.
“What I want to say is that the GFA has disappointed the referees, the clips they show everyday always puts the referees in a compromising situation and are always controversial that even if the referee is wrong, it is very difficult to either incriminate or exonerate the referee" Debrah said on Rainbow FM.
“The clips are always dicey that its difficult to tell whether the referee is right or wrong.So I think the next time we start, the GFA should place the camera in a way that if the referee is wrong, we can all see it clearly and give the proper judgement.”
He added: I’m not supporting any referee though but I just want the right thing to be done because most of the clips I see leaves me in doubt and that makes it difficult to give your views or thoughts about it. But in all I think the GFA has let us down.”