Captain of the South African national team, Ronwen Williams has made some damning allegations that the ball boys contributed to their defeat to Ghana in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers at the Cape Coast Stadium.
The Bafana Bafana side who lost by 1-0 to Ghana in the final group G encounter have resulted to blaming the West African country for their lose after failing to advance to the play-offs of the qualifiers.
Addressing the media at a press conference, Ronwen Williams noted that the ball boys delayed in handing the ball out after Ghana scored which to him was very absurd.
“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 had the balls in their hand,” Williams stated.
He added, “the moment they scored, the ball boys disappeared. As you can imagine, it took long for the ball to get back in play.”
Further accusing Ghana of flattening the balls, Ronwen Williams said “The balls were very loose but we didn’t want to complain because it will be time wasting.
“You could see the ball boys were running and looking for balls and I think the referee should have stamped his authority,” he added.
But, highlights and play backs of the match show that the allegations of Ronwen Williams are unfunded as the ball boys could be seen standing at vantage points handing the ball to the players quickly.
The press conference held by South Africa on Wednesday forms part of their updates after lodging a complaint to FIFA about the game and are waiting for a response from them.
