Ghanaians celebrate Starlets victory

Ho, (V/R) Aug 29, GNA - People from all walks of life poured onto the streets of Ho Municipality with various paraphernalia depicting the flag of Ghana to celebrate the 1-0 sweet victory of the Starlet over the much fancied Brazilian side in the World Cup U-17 Soccer Tournament in South Korea.

Superlative comments were poured on the Black Starlets as the celebrants, made up of mostly the youth, danced and yelled in celebration.

Many of them however cursed and blamed the referee for what they considered to be his obvious unfair and biased handling of the game. Tim Dzamboe, Volta Regional Editor of the Daily Graphic, told the a psychological flaw of his perception of the Black Starlets as the less-fancied side.

The obviously elated Journalist said with the Starlets advance into the quarter-finals, their chances of winning the tournament have become more brighter.

Mr George Amegbletor, Chief Officer of the Prison Service predicted an all-African final between Ghana's Black Starlets and the Eaglets of Nigeria.

He also condemned the referee, saying apart from being harsh on the Starlets, his addition of six minutes as time added on was spurious.

A roasted plantain seller, popularly known as Aunty Mary near the offices of the Ghana News Agency described the only goal of the game as "divine" and that it was an atonement for the bad treatment meted out to the Starlets by the referee.

At some offices, pockets of workers were seen busily doing post-match reviews with glee.

In a related development, soccer fanatics also poured out into the principal streets of Hohoe under the tropical scorching weather, soon after the Polish referee blasted his whistle for the end of hostilities. The elated fans jubilated for the feat of the Starlets over their Brazilian counterparts as they stunned them with a lone goal victory at the FIFA World U-17 in South Korea.

The fans who had to contend with listening to commentary on their radio sets after watching only 35 minutes of the first half due to a break in the television linkage on GTV, breathed a sigh of relief, when the game finally ended, courtesy commentary by the Volta Star FM. The fans said the victory was a remarkable achievement on the part of the Black Starlets who held the Brazilians to their own samba game and outscoring them with even 10 of the boys.

The soccer enthusiasts took the opportunity to appeal to Metro and TV Africa to urgently consider extending their networks to the northern part of the Volta Region for variety viewing for all.

Mr Tony Abibu, a newspaper vendor accused GTV for often disappointing the area when it mattered most, adding that their corporate slogan of "Station with the nationwide coverage" continued to be dented and called for redefinition of their operations. He said the Starlets played a totally transformed game and even winning on the ball possession statistics each half of the game. Mr A. Agbesinyale, a soccer fan said determination does not know biases and that even with the referee playing six minutes of added on time could not salvage Brazil from redeeming the goal.