It was near mayhem on Saturday at the Essipong stadium when Black Stars and Ashantigold goalkeeper Fatau Dauda threatened to beat up a journalist for asking what he termed a ‘stupid’ question.
The league champions were knocked out of the G-6 invitational tournament following their inability to go past eventual group winners Asante Kotoko.
Fatau Dauda who was rested in the goalless drawn game against Chelsea, returned to the post for Ashgold and he conceded a goal, one that was later equalized.
At the post match conference inside the Essipong stadium, one journalist during the questions nad answer time Empire FM’s sports Journalist Kojo Darko Sakyi-Gyinae asked the goalkeeper whether he felt rusty judging from the goal he conceded.
This by far did not go down well with the goalkeeper who threatened to beat up the journalist if he dares ask him such a ‘stupid’ question again.
“Are you a spectator or a Journalist? I don’t expect you to ask me such question. I will slap you if you ask me that stupid question again. Villager”.
It took some other journalist including the Kotoko PRO, Kweku Ahnkorah to restrain him, after which head coach of Ashgold Bahir Hayford decided to intervene.
“I’m his coach and I know his standard as a goalkeeper. Saying he is rusty is too strong for him and I’ll not allow him to answer that question.”He did whatever he could as a goalkeeper.”
“If you look at the goal he conceded, how was it his fault. For me he did whatever he could as a goalkeeper to keep us in the game until we equalized.”
“When you are standing in the goal post and you are not getting any action in terms of goals coming to you, I don’t think you will be jumping and catching air.”
“It is when the ball comes that he will catch it. So once you didn’t see him catching air, it doesn’t mean he is rusty”, Coach Bashir Hayford mentioned.
"I Will Slap You If You Ask Me That Stupid Question Again"-Fatau Dauda Threatens Journalist
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