Ghana Reports Angola to CAF

Is Angola's hosting of the AFCON a piss-take or what? They've epitomized disorganization and unreadiness. This barbaric, intimidating, harassment and disgraceful acts is unacceptable; GFA was right to lodge a serious complaints to both FIFA and CAF. This is one huge dreary act, and at this rate if something drastic is not done about this and Ghana wins against Angola on Sunday, Ghanaians (footballers, journalists, supporters) and everyone who raises a smile about it will get some beating which nobody will do jack about it after the event.

I am completely saddened and disappointed by CAF President Issa Hayattou for giving this war torn nation the advantage to host the most prestigious tourney on the continent. The Angolans are deploying communist inferior tactics and other acts of intimidation before the game on Sunday. The Angolan Police have set up a 24 hour Surveillance Unit transmitting live from the Black Stars hotel with the use of an OB (Out Broadcasting) van? That's ridiculous! When the GH delegation protested, the Angloans presented a different story and even went to the extent of accusing them of assaulting the police. Again, before and after the Stars training, the security personnel's assigned to the team are found to be either asleep or loitering about, whiles the team is on the bus waiting for them to be escorted, sometimes for hours.



The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has sent a letter of complaint to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), expressing concerns over various incidents in the lead-up to their 2010 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal against Angola.
In what is becoming a worrying trend, they are the third of Angola’s opponents to lodge official complaints due to disruptions to their tournament activities after Malawi and Mali did likewise in the group stages.

The Black Stars and Angola meet in the quarterfinals on Sunday, but the GFA are outraged over an attack on a Ghanaian journalist at the team hotel in Luanda, a reported assault on a fan last Tuesday, and the setting up of a 24-hour surveillance unit transmitting live from the team's hotel with the use of an OB (Outside Broadcast) van.

GFA spokesperson Randy Abbey says that the complaint was lodged with CAF due to "the harassment and intimidation tactics that the Angolans are deploying".

"We've compiled all these and lodged a formal complaint with CAF – then this issue [the attack on the journalist] took place," he says. "Football has come of age – these incidents shouldn't occur in 2010; perhaps in the 80s it would be understandable. This is disgraceful; we're just hoping that things will improve.

"But if it's because they [Angola] are dreading the possibility of elimination, then they better come again because we intend to defeat them and they can assault us however much they like.

"We have issues with the Angolan Police – they've set-up a 24 hour surveillance unit transmitting live from our hotel with the use of an OB (Outside Broadcast) van.

"When we protested, they presented a different story and even went to the extent of accusing us of assaulting their policemen. We find that very unfortunate.

"There have been a couple of occasions where security personnel detailed to provide us protection at training grounds, are found to be either asleep or loitering about, while the team is on a bus waiting for them … sometimes for more than 40 mins."

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