{"id":56671,"date":"2023-04-10T11:36:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T11:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/10\/aduana-stars-blame-poor-officiating-after-fa-cup-exit\/"},"modified":"2023-04-10T11:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T11:36:17","slug":"aduana-stars-blame-poor-officiating-after-fa-cup-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/10\/aduana-stars-blame-poor-officiating-after-fa-cup-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Aduana Stars blame poor officiating after FA Cup exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aduana Stars head coach,\u00a0Paa Kwesi Fabin\u00a0has blamed officials following his side\u2019s MTN FA Cup elimination.<\/p>\n

The Ogya lads were hosted by King Faisal at the Dr Kwame Kyei Sports Complex in a quarterfinal game on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Aduana\u00a0broke the deadlock through\u00a0Stephen Anokye Badu before the end of the first half.\u00a0In the 47th minute, Abdul Latif successfully converted the penalty to make it 1-1.<\/p>\n

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Frank Owusu made it 2-1 for The Fire Boys in the 75th minute, but King Faisal succeeded in getting the equalizer through the in-form striker Benjamin Bature in the 78th minute.<\/p>\n

With the score locked at 2-2 after 90 minutes, the match was pushed into extra time. However, King Faisal progressed to the next round with a 3-1 win on penalty shootouts.<\/p>\n

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Following the defeat, Fabin blames poor officiating for their exit from the competition as they were denied clear penalties in regulation time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t talk about referees. It was very bad but we\u2019ll leave it like that. Before we ended the first half we had a clear penalty,\u201d he told StarTimes after the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the second half, we had two here. All were ignored. But look at the one that was given to King Faisal here. I mean it\u2019s just comedy. I\u2019m telling you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Aduana Stars will host Great Olympics in the matchday 26 games of the 2022\/23 Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n

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