{"id":607104,"date":"2019-04-11T22:37:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T22:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 11 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n2019-04-11\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/19525395."},"modified":"2019-04-11T22:37:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T22:37:55","slug":"why-are-referees-always-helping-kotoko-ashgold-coach-asks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/why-are-referees-always-helping-kotoko-ashgold-coach-asks\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are referees always helping Kotoko?\u2019 &#8211; Ashgold coach asks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 11 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/19525395.295.jpg\" alt=\"Berekum Chelsea Coach Svetislav Tanasijevic\" title=\"Berekum Chelsea Coach Svetislav Tanasijevic\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Head coach of Ashantigold, Svetislav Tanasijevic<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Head coach of Ashantigold, Svetislav Tanasijevic has questioned why rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko have continually benefited from refereeing decisions, after his side lost 2-0 to their regional rivals in the ongoing NC Special Competition.<\/p>\n<p>Two goals from Abdul Fatawu Safiu settled a nervy tie in Kumasi in a game the Obuasi side dominated and forced Kotoko goalkeeper Felix Annan into a a man of the match performance.<\/p>\n<p>But the game could have easily swung in favor of the miners in the first half; after Ashgold\u2019s Outtarra Salia was hurled down in the box by Annan, referee Charles Bulu declined to give a penalty, instead waving play on.<\/p>\n<p>Tanasijevic was left fuming at that decision and questioned the performance of the referee in the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Asante Kotoko is a big club why are referees always helping them? We had a clear penalty he ignored. I\u2019m extending an invitation to the referee into our dressing room just to observe how my boys are shedding tears, knowing he caused our loss,\u201d Tanasijevic said in his post-match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Thursday, 11 April 2019 Source: mynewsgh.com 2019-04-11 Head coach of Ashantigold, Svetislav Tanasijevic Head coach of Ashantigold, Svetislav Tanasijevic has questioned why rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko have continually benefited from refereeing decisions, after his side lost 2-0 to their regional rivals in the ongoing NC Special Competition. Two goals from Abdul Fatawu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why are referees always helping Kotoko?\u2019 - Ashgold coach asks - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/why-are-referees-always-helping-kotoko-ashgold-coach-asks\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Why are referees always helping Kotoko?\u2019 - Ashgold coach asks - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sports News of Thursday, 11 April 2019 Source: mynewsgh.com 2019-04-11 Head coach of Ashantigold, Svetislav Tanasijevic Head coach of Ashantigold, Svetislav Tanasijevic has questioned why rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko have continually benefited from refereeing decisions, after his side lost 2-0 to their regional rivals in the ongoing NC Special Competition. 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