Bechem United coach Solomon Odwo has expressed his frustration with officiating following his team's 2-1 defeat against Tema Youth in Week 29 of the Ghana Premier League on Sunday.
A late penalty awarded to the Harbour Boys by Referee S.B Bortey was calmly converted by Ekow Benson after Hamza Mohammed restored parity for the Hunters with Aaron Awannorh opening the scoring for the hosts in front of their vociferous fans at the Tema Sports Stadium.
Speaking to reporters after the game, The Hunters trainer was furious with the decisions taken by the officials in the game, and called on the Ghana FA to institute steps to improve the standard of the game.
“Today’s game wasn’t for us if you look at certain decision made by the referee. All am saying is, let fairness is best judgement of the game and I wouldn’t like to complain about the referees but we all witnessed what happened today."
“If you try to save Tema Youth from going to relegation it will spoil the beauty of our game but I don’t think things will be better in Ghana’s football."
“We’re far more advanced in what we see in certain officiating, so am appealing to the organizers of the league to do quick improvement because Ghana is a soccer nation."
Bechem United will face an uphill task when they face Great Olympics on match-day 30 of the GPL, as a win for the them will confirm their Premier League status for next season.