South Africa goalkeeper and team captain Ronwen Williams has stated that the actions of the ball boys affected the outcome of their World Cup qualifiers game against Ghana.
South Africa World Cup hopes ended after a narrow 1-0 defeat in Cape Coast; Andre Ayew converted a spot-kick to knock the visitors out of the competition.
Speaking to the media in a press conference organized by the South African FA, Williams believes the ordeal of the game was planned before the match.
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“Throughout the qualifiers, the ball boys did not have the ball in their hand; the balls were in the corners but in this specific game, the ball boys hand the balls in their hand,” he said
“It was unheard of in this qualifiers. Whenever the ball goes out, they will always restart the play quickly the will throw the ball back quickly”
“But the moment they scored, the ball boys disappeared. As you can imagine, it took long for the ball to get back in play” he added
South Africa have officially lodged a complaint to FIFA about the game and are waiting for a response from them.
