Kenya risk ban after angry fans temporarily halt match against Guinea Bissau at the Nyayo Stadium,Nairobi.
Kenya is staring at a ban from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) following crowd trouble that was witnessed during Harambee Stars’ 1-0 defeat to visiting Guinea Bissau on Sunday.
The match was temporarily stopped for over half an hour as police engaged fans in running battles with chants of “Okumbi (Stars’ coach) must go” renting the air. Hell broke loose when Sanches Semedo scored a late controversial goal that forced a section of disappointed Stars fans to leave the stadium prematurely.
Television replays, however, show it was a legitimate goal. For the fans, however, they had had enough only to resort to barbaric acts of hooliganism to express their displeasure
The continental body could also strip Kenya of the rights to host the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in 2018 should it mete out a suspension.
The scenario unfolded last evening after fans hurled missiles, halting play moments after Guinea Bissau scored in the return leg their 2017 Africa Nations Cup qualifier at Nyayo Stadium.
A handful of Police officers had to fire teargas canisters to quell the unrest. FKF President Nick Mwendwa had flee Nyayo Stadium as the skirmishes spilled out of the stadium
.Matters came to a boil in Bissau when Okumbi fielded two players from the lower division side as Harambee Stars duly lost.
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