A 60th minute controversial penalty awarded against Accra Hearts of Oak by Referee Yaw Ametepe nearly brought the Hasaacas-Hearts Premier League match at the Sekondi Stadium yesterday to an abrupt end as the incident became even more pronounced between officials of the the two clubs at the VIP Stand.
The Hearts players were almost off the pitch after the award of the penalty but only returned after the intervention of the club’s new CEO, Vincent Odotei. But moments later it was the turn of the officials to slug it out in a free-for-all brawl. And but for the intervention of the police it could have been bloody.
Hearts took the lead on two occasions but it was cancelled by relegation-threatened Hasmal. David Anas gave the Sekondi boys the winner in the 85th minute.
Eric Gawu gave the Phobians the leader in the 16th minute, but barely a minute later it was cancelled by Joe Bissah, with Ekow Ghansah restoring Hearts’ lead on the stroke of half time.
Fifteen minutes after recess disaster nearly struck. Referee Ametefe awarded a penalty to Hasmal after a striker of the home team collided with two Hearts defenders on his way to score.
The response was spontaneous as the players of Hearts took off their shirts and walked off the pitch. They contended that the referee had denied them a penalty following a similar incident on the 36th minute involving their striker.
But when calm returned, Paul Adu converted it while Anas scored the winner from a John Ainoo’s free kick rebound.
The referee needed a heavy police protection to a waiting vehicle after the match.
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