[ 2021-02-11 ]

Match Review Panel Release Decisions on Two WPL Complaints
The GFA Match Review Panel has announced decisions
on complaints submitted by Clubs in the National
Women’s Premier League.

Below are the decisions:

1. Northern Ladies vs Kumasi Sports Academy

According to a complaint submitted by Northern
Ladies, Referee Vida Yenube took a bad foul in the
35th minute of the match. The Committee found that
the Referee’s decision was indeed correct and
the player should have been shown a yellow card.

The Committee again found that in the 44th minute,
the Referee erred by not whistling for a foul and
however restarted the game with a direct free kick
though the infringement that occurred led to the
injury of a player.

For both incidents, the Committee recommends that
Referee Vida Yenube should be cautioned the
offending players and for this reason she should
be suspended for two matches.

2. Kumasi Academy vs Ampem Darkoa Ladies The
complaint stated that on the 81st minute, the ball
hit the lower part of the defender of away team at
the penalty area and it was cleared away by her
team mates. Assistant 2 thought it was a penalty
and flagged and the referee whistled for a
penalty. The Referee however reversed the decision
after the assistant 2 failed to confirm if it was
indeed a penalty. According to the report,
officials of the home team invaded the field and
rushing on the referee to find out why the
decision of a penalty was reversed.

After watching the video recording of the match,
the Committee found that Referee Fadela Kassim
took the correct decision since the ball hit the
player’s abdomen and not the hand. It was also
found that the Assistant Referee moved to take her
position indicating a penalty which was a wrong
decision.

The Committee cautioned Assistant Referee Hawawu
Ishaq and advised her to concentrate in making
decisions during matches.

Source - Ghana FA

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