The Ghana Football Association will formally report Zambia to FIFA for their “unprofessional” conduct in the build-up to the last Friday’s Group D World Cup qualifier.
An unfriendly atmosphere was created days to the match at the Baba Yara Stadium after Zambia alleged there were attempts to frustrate them.
This was after Zambia’s contingent was denied landing directly at the Kumasi airport when they had already been informed by aviation officials that their bigger aircraft will not be allowed to touch down.
The Chipolopolo who arrived a day before the match and missed their training time, reported they were prevented from training at the match venue.
President Kwesi Nyantakyi says they will submit their complaint to FIFA as their visitors tried to malign the Ghana FA.
“FIFA is already aware but we will send a formal report,” Nyantakyi said.
“The strategy to impugn the integrity of Ghana, to malign the good record of hospitality services to our guest did not work.
“There were reports that the Zambians had been refused a landing permit in Kumasi, when Zambia knew that Kumasi was not an international airport, they wanted to land there direct from Zambia.
“There was also reports that Ghana did not offer them the opportunity to train before the match when under the FIFA rules, they were suppose to train the same time as the match and at the same venue as the match.
“In fact, the match venue which was 4pm at the Baba Yara, they didn’t turn up, they rather chose to turn-up at 6:30pm and when they were refused entry because it was not even visible at that time, they decided to train on the asphalt at the stadium and that was not acceptable. All these were their own doing.”
Source: MTNFootball
FAZ executive must go for failing to run properly sport we love much kalu is has failed us.
ba pushi
Kalu has got nothing to do this dull
Kalu is the President of FAZ and responsible for the team’s travel arrangements. The boy is incompetent!
what ever we lost that’s all. kambwili told them there is no excuse for loosing this march now here they are finding one which will land them in trouble witch will la
And wat will Ghana achieve with that reporting issue, what are they trying to cover up?
They saving their name from being tarnished by the incompetent Zambian football authorities.
Zambians love being rewarded for ‘doing nothing’ and therefore deserve to be reported and further humiliated.
I’m sure the whole dramatisaton of the Kumasi ordeal was created by Mmembe.
Sheet!
BALIBASEPA 2 KWA 1. WHERE ARE THOSE NOISE MAKERS?
Ghana is just being a clever a$$. They know what they did, we have pictures of they booing our team and even switching off lights claiming “power outage”, officially. What are they talking about? They are just getting a “first to report” advantage before Zambia complains. I won’t call them 1di0ts, a thing they rightfully are.
Have got any idea how much it costs to leave flood lights on in a stadium like Baba Yara? Next time make arrangements to camp in a nearby West African country instead of RSA where FAZ officials get finder’s fees for using RSA facilities.
Please check the facts and stop using foulf language to expose yourself. Just check the facts of football and hosting history in Ghana. What will Ghana gain for mistreating a friendly nation? Just do yourself some good, check the facts and be right minded.
It’s time Zambians accepted that Kalusha has failed us as an adminstrator. The Chipolopolo have never had proper preparation for the games. As you know failing o prepare is preparing to fail. We don’t play good teams for friendlies, how do you see your straight when you play against weak opponents? Wasting time and money bringing the team to Lusaka for a prayer forgetting LESA AFWA ABALYAFWA. GOD HELPS those that help themselves. No substute for preparation. Kalu must go!!!!!
let Ghana FC report to FIFA,then trueth about zambie will eventually be known. And finally zambie wil b rewarded wit 3 points and earn their place to Brazl.VIVA corrupt caf! 4 letng zambie train on concrete floo
r.Ghana wl not even lift world cup.
And Zambia will never go to the World Cup.
Waaaaaaaaaay too much drama.
ban them for four years so that we SAVE some hard earned cash, let’s concentrate on our local clubs especialy Nkana
No amount of talking will cleanse their mistreatment of the zambian team. We saw for ourselves in pictures the mistreatment of the zambian team. The world saw how backward they are. The ghana committee and their govt have now realised the repurcusions of their animalish behaviour and are worried of posterity. They are worried of what will happen to the Ghana team next if and when they come to play in zambia.
It was photo-shop or Instagram, a photo is no proof. It could help if you were an eyewitness.
At those asking what Ghana will get from reporting…hey they do not want their country’s image to be brought into disrepute. And if they really mistreated Zambia the truth will come out to the benefit of Zambia.
As if they behaved better…… they are embarrassed and scared of how they treated the boys now they want to cover their tracks? if Faz behaved badly why reciprocate in the same even worse manner? had Ghana reacted maturely, i could have said yes report Faz, but they behaved like childish revengeful cowards and now they are crying foul, really Zambians are so docile ayi…. they treat you like S*****t and on top of that threaten you, All you cowards above supporting and and screaming at Faz shame on you! Ghanians behaved like chickens last in Ndola and they stood by their violent boys, you INDIOTS are applauding them….. Ukutumpa mwankalifye am trying to come to terms with the loss!
you have first taken a deep breath before posting.
this line of posting aint yours. leave such outbursts to them……
Thank you @ Mature,
I couldnt help it the pain went in so deep, my weekend couldnt do anything to reduce the pain, otherwise it’s good to have people around who bring you back to that pivoltal status when ever one errupts, thankx.
Even Lesotho had the same experience. Is that not true for those doubting?
That is why coach Herve Renard will capitalize on continuing with the National and continue looting US$100,000-00 per month. He knows its only in Zambia were we can afford to pay a failure like him through corrupt Kalusha Bwalya. Thieves!
KAZOLO who told you he is on 100K $ a month ? that is not true.
Its true, the team has never had smooth well organized preparations and this Kalu dosent feel embarrassed. the buck stops with at him. he must go.
Zambians amaze me, how do we fail to support our own!!! Our team is being victimized and we are busy aligning ourselves with evil forces from west Africa, this is one among the many times our team has been mistreated. West Africans are tricky, selfish, cannibals…They have good stadia in Accra and other cities near Accra why take this match to Kumasi where there is no international airport…..the motive is clear…so that visiting teams can have difficulties and frustrations with travel arrangements…..
@Musenzang’anyi
Baba Yara Stadium is a FIFA rated stadium; all FAZ had to do is simply arrive in good time…when the stadium in Mongu is finished and is FIFA rated you may do the same as hosts.
Musenzang’anyi, in African matches you expect hostility and dirty tricks, now if your FA does not do their homework and ill prepare the team, like provide no ample acclimatization and training time after travel, the team is at a disadvantage already.
Chipolopolo have never had a smooth training camp before a match. At this rate we will never go to a world cup. Kalusha should look himself in the mirror and accept blame for the chaotic FAZ logistics.
Poor officiating by that ***** from Morocco and the Ghanaians that was stupid of them they want to cover their stupid welcome.fools go ahead and complain to FIFA we Will submit our evidence and see who is telling the truth.Mukesa ba mbuli miukesaikilila ku shangombo
bwembya alex
Please check the facts and stop using foulf language to expose yourself. Just check the facts of football and hosting history in Ghana. What will Ghana gain for mistreating a friendly nation? Just do yourself some good, check the facts and be right minded.
I like that Ku shangombo? Abantu balafulwa palibola! You know even BBC was reporting the miss treatment even before the match.
blood stars sucks!
Yesterday during 19hrs news i felt bad, almost cried when i saw chipolopolo boys training in Kumasi.They looked like sheep without shepherd and the training on that concrete floor is beyond my reasoning.Now I am just wondering who is going to report the other because Zambia is also planing to take actions! Even if our chipolopolo may not be the best team, the welcoming was bad, very bad indeed! Ghana should even shut up.Trying to put myself in chipolopolo shoes, i felt stress.
Were you expecting a red carpet in Kumasi? Yes they looked like sheep without a shepherd as FAZ did not have a back up plan…they also were putting the safety of players at risk…imagine the likes of Southampton FC who have invested over £2million in Mayuka, watching their player train on concrete in front on hostile fans (without a barrier in between). Next time FAZ asks for him to be released for an international match… don’t be surprised if they say he is injured when is not.
chipolopolo should have arrived 2 days or even 1 day earlier. FAZ is to blame. What did you want the Ghanians to do, correct chaotic logistics by FAZ and give zambia a better chance of wining ? Chipolopolo have never had a smoothly organized per-match training. Its ether FAZ forgets about visas, does not do homework on the venu [as in this case], books accommodation late,…. the list goes on even monkies can do a better job. It is either Kambwili or Kalusha who is incompetent and must go.
REMINDS ME OF MY DAYS AS UNZA STUDENT. MY ROOM MATE IN THE RUINS USED TO SNEAK HIS DIRTY GIRL FRIENDS IN THE ROOM
AND BONK THEM AT NIGHT. EACH TIME HE EXPECTED ME TO GO INTO EXILE. WHEN I DECIDED ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH AND I STOPPED LEAVING THE ROOM AND STARTED STUDYING FOR LONG HOURS IN THE NIGHT, HE REPORTED ME TO THE COUNSELLING CENTRE THAT I WAS DISTURBING HIS SLEEP WITH THE LIGHT ON FOR LONG HOURS IN THE NIGHT. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT GHANA IS DOING. TO REPORT FIRST AND MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD BELIEVE THEM IT WAS ZAMBIA THAT WAS IN THE WRONG WHEN IT WAS THEM.
Fellow Zambians,Is it something new that West African teams are barbaric in treating their hosts.I put the blame squarely on FAZ.It;s time they owned up and left football administration in the hands of serious and capable people.Let me assure you that on a neutral venue with a neutral referee,Ghana is no match for Zambia.
My suspicion again is why is that Ghana,Nigeria,Cameroon,Burkina Faso,Senegal,Egypt,Ivory Coast all were at home for the final crucial matches.Watch how the pairing will be done in the final qualifying matches.
Herve Reinard was right when he said CAF does not think that Zambia is s.e.x.y to represent Africa at the Confederations cup.
Ba Soccer Analyst you are merely clutching at straws…please accept defeat and move on…you were NEVER gonna WIN Anyway…you keep HR and I can guarantee you me that you won’t qualify for the next AFCON with his appalling away record.
these team mostly west African teams played last home game because just like efface champions league the high ranked team must play the last game at home. you will see that during the playoffs the seeded teams will play the last remaining playoff game at home. Hence no bias to west African teams … I think is because do always do so well when it comes to football and so they are all ranked highest on Fifa ranking.
Why is Kalusha Bwalya so quiet whilst this debate rages on? No leadership qualities??
I am surprised by the amount of foul language being used here to describe Ghanaians. This is rather unfortunate. Any one who has ever been to Ghana will attest to the fact that Ghanaians are not barbaric and cannibals. On the contrary, it is a land of honourable people who believe hospitality is a virtue that must be upheld at all times. In fact in the entire football histroy of Ghana, this is the first time another country, and a supposedly friendly country for that matter, is unhappy with the Ghana FA. In Africa we have the tendency to blame someone else for our own shortcomings. The facts of this unfortunate incident are there for all to see and any right thinking person will agree we in Zambaia did not do our job well enough. We will wait to here the FIFA ruling.
Go to hell you Ghanaian, whom do you want to fool? Just wait for the time you will come to Zambia, you will see man how we shall treat you as the first country to be treated badly by Zambia. Tell your country men that we shall revenge .
What was your player calling for days befor the match? What did you not do to Lesotho? Sorry for that but the fact is that West Africa is hostile (don’t know why).
Mawuli or whaever u call yourself.are you the only Jew that you did not see what most Zambians saw on television what soccer history are talking about iwe what facts.our boys were badly treated and all you do is to bury your head in the sand.you are a coward and a pretender.we had a clear penulty that ref did what and how many offsides did that crew messed up.uleikalafye.
The guy is not Zambian but Ghanaian. He is useless , he must wait for the day when Ghana shall come to Zambia.
And these people should get civilized.
Number 21 soccer analyst you are sport on my brother let mawuli answer that question why that draw caf is like what renard described.
I strongly feel if the boys had ample acclimatization and pre-match training we would have done ghana. Instead they were traveling like PF cadres being bused for rallies.
they were stranded at KK international airport for hrs, then trained on a carpark
Look the zambians deserved whatever they got. Were they expecting a red carpet? Ghanaians only reciprocating the ‘very good reception and hospitality’ extended to the Ghana team when they were in Zambia last year. so why are zambians whining? In any case, zambia stood no chance against Ghana in Ghana. Ghana could have scored four goals, but chose to play with the tupolopolo, our little children
The unwelcome was expected and FAZ added to the misery.It looks like FAZ wanted to land the plane in the stadium to avoid this.
The move by Ghana FA is to pre-empty FAZ appeal,if any. Why everytime we lose world cup qualifiers we complain? I still remember the Diramba issue when morroco beat us in another WC qualifier years ago.
Let us stop being cry-babies and just put our house in order.Sudan didn’t mistreat us but they beat us. Come on, we were good but not good enough.How to be better is where our focus should be, NOT being a NO. 1 Fifa complainant in Africa.
Gentlemen, we messed ourselves up right from the beginning. No need to complain here. We went and lost in Sudan. We went and drew with Lesotho. We drew with Sudan at home. In addition, the almighty God was so mess full with us and gave 3 points for free. Without being subjective, Ghana is technically better than Zambia. That is a fact. So lets just accept the loss and move forward. Mwadandaula maningi ba mambala!!!
@Zulu Banda, you are the most sensible Zambian I have met so far. I wish all other Zambians were like you
Man , tell your fellow Ghanaians that , the day they step their foot in Zambia, they will also train on the tar mac road. Zambians have been so docile at the hands of west Africans. Next time they will see.
What sensibleness is there? Do you know the meaning of the word “mambala?”
The Ghanaians players have quality they can even train in water and Rey won’t complain!! Cry babies it’s not ur fault ur not used to such tension field matches
i am a zanbian and i think ref handled game well. z had chances to score and missed them, chances to beat sudan and lesotho and missed them. this is africa get used to the tough envt pipo. u cry as if we sleep on beds of roses
I’ve said it time and again on this space that your so called great Kalu is a failed administrator. No one can take away what he achieved for himself and our beloved country as a soccer player. But at the helm of FAZ, the ka dude has failed lamentably.Please all of you who keep worshiping this arrogant and selfish blood sucking parasite, I personally blame you for Zambia’s exit from Brazil 2014. very soon Charles Musonda’s sons will be doning in Belgian national colors all because of him. We can’t even have players in a serious league.
The GFA is relishing putting up a new stadium inside Accra airport to stop Zambia from complaining on their next trip.
We have submitted our report of Zambia to FIFA so let’s all wait and see if it’s legitimate and if it is then all who are calling Ghana names will be put to shame if it’s not then you will be vindicated to call us names. just remember that whoever is at fault will be punish by FIFA for disobeying the rules and regulations concerning the game. thank you