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Four Kotoko supporters are reported dead
after defeat shocker
Abdul Salam Sule,
Ghanadot
Accra, Feb 9, Ghanadot
- Information reaching Ghanadot indicates that
four football fans, all men, are reported dead at the
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi where they were
rushed for medical attention on Sunday after collapsing
during the titanic football clash between Kumasi Asante
Kotoko and Accra Hearts Oak.
Also the number of supporters who
collapsed at the stadium and had to be rushed to the
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi could
not be counted.
A radio sports presenter who works at
Nhyira fm in Kumasi, a station which belongs to the
Multi Media Group of Companies was also alleged to have
collapsed in the course of running commentary of the
match.
The incident follows a defeat which the
Kumasi base
Asante Kotoko suffered at the hands of their arch
rivals, Accra Hearts of Oak on Sunday February 8,
2009.Hearts won the ninth-week league game 2:1 at the
Baba Yara Stadium after taking a two-goal lead.
Before the gruelling encounter, many were
Kotoko supporters who hoped and thought their team could
easily out perform Accra Hearts of Oak especially when
the match was to be staged in Kumasi, their home
grounds.
But Accra Hearts of Oak defied the odds
and put up a good performance at the full glare of about
40,000 Kotoko supporters to defeat
Kumasi Asante Kotoko 2-1 at their home grounds. A
feat which Accra Hearts of Oak was able to achieve in
the year 1999.
Befor
Ghanadote
the referee could blew his whistle to bring the match to
an end, hundreds of Kotoko supporters had been rushed to
the hospital by the Red Cross ambulance team who were at
the stadium and before going to press this morning, five
persons are reported dead whilst the rest are still
responding treatment.
A member of the Red Cross team who
confirmed the incident to Ghanadot explained that, the
supporters collapsed out of shock. He said, they never
thought Asante Kotoko could loose the match considering
their current form in the premiere legue and also
playing in their home soil at the Babayara Stadium.
Ghanadot
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