{"id":29230,"date":"2021-05-10T10:29:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T10:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=29230"},"modified":"2021-05-10T10:29:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T10:29:21","slug":"gpl-reason-ebusua-dwarfs-legon-cities-game-abandoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/gpl-reason-ebusua-dwarfs-legon-cities-game-abandoned\/","title":{"rendered":"GPL: Reason why Ebusua Dwarfs-Legon Cities game was abandoned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>GPL: Reason why Ebusua Dwarfs-Legon Cities game was abandoned<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The game between Ebusua Dwarfs and Legon Cities in Cape Coast was abandoned on Sunday afternoon after the match officials refused to return to the pitch for the second half.<\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nLegon Cities official Twitter handle tweeted and stated that the referee&#8217;s failure to report to the pitch in the second half was due to threats he received from the home fans as the referee didn&#8217;t &#8220;feel safe to continue&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Referee Alpha Adey is refusing to continue the 2nd 45 minutes of our game against Ebusua Dwarfs after receiving all kinds of threats from fans and some &#39;officials&#39;.Referee says he does not feel safe to continue. 2nd half delayed by over 25mins now&#8230;Sad.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gpl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gpl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Legon Cities FC (@LegonCitiesFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegonCitiesFC\/status\/1391432280581738497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the tweet, the home side Ebusua Dwarfs used their Twitter handle to deny news that fans threatened the officials during the game in Cape Coast.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ebusua_Dwarfs\/status\/1391436117602406400?s=20<\/p>\n<p>The game was abandoned with Legon Cities a goal up. 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