Golden Kick FC head coach Fiifi Parker Hanson has expressed strong disapproval of the controversial penalty awarded to Asante Kotoko during their MTN FA Cup final clash on Sunday—a decision that ultimately decided the match.
Asante Kotoko took the lead through a header by Kwame Opoku, but Golden Kick responded impressively when Bless Ege scored a spectacular free-kick to level the game.
With the match seemingly headed for extra time, referee Selorm Yao Bless awarded a penalty to Kotoko after Opoku went down under pressure from the advancing Golden Kick goalkeeper.
Opoku calmly converted the spot-kick, securing Kotoko’s 10th FA Cup title.
Hanson, speaking to JoySports, insisted the penalty decision was unjustified.
“It was not a penalty for me,” Hanson told JoySports.
“The referee decided. I don’t know what kept him [referee] long, who prompted him [referee] that it was a penalty.
“If somebody prompted him, then on what grounds? We came here determined to win the game and make history, but the referee decided,” he added.
Following their FA Cup victory, Asante Kotoko will represent Ghana in next season’s CAF Confederation Cup.
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