{"id":364096,"date":"2017-10-22T14:50:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T14:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=364096"},"modified":"2017-10-22T14:50:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T14:50:44","slug":"bechem-utd-fans-block-tv-crew-ahead-of-crucial-olympics-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/bechem-utd-fans-block-tv-crew-ahead-of-crucial-olympics-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Bechem Utd fans block TV crew ahead of crucial Olympics clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Persons believed to be fans of\u00a0 Bechem United prevented a StarTimes TV crew from entering the team&#8217;s stadium ahead of the final\u00a0day of games in the Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Bechem United face Accra Great Olympics with both teams facing the possibility of being relegated from the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Sunday&#8217;s\u00a0 final games, Olympics\u00a0lie 15th in the table, one point behind Tema Youth in the 14th and a further point off their hosts who are just above the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76048\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gpl.jpg\" alt=\"gpl\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A win today for Bechem would guarantee their survival while Olympics would need other results to go their way to stand a chance of staying up.<\/p>\n<p>With so much\u00a0at stake, reports of match-fixing that have characterised crunch league fixtures\u00a0in the past have re-emerged heading into the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The game was scheduled to be\u00a0broadcast live on television, however, those plans might have been scuppered by the fans&#8217; actions.<\/p>\n<p>The entrance to the stadium was blocked off\u00a0by a truck that had been driven in front of it while some fans can be heard in videos screaming at the TV\u00a0crew to &#8220;go to Kumasi&#8221; instead.<\/p>\n<p>GTV Sports Plus also reported that &#8220;the TV Director for the Match was prevented from attending the Pre-Match meeting and was escorted out of the premises by two gentlemen believed to be Bechem United Fans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76049\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76049\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gpl1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Facebook [GTV Sports Plus \" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Facebook [GTV Sports Plus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\"><\/div>\n<p>The crew have since filed a report at the Bechem Police station.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear why the fans have taken this action and whether this will affect this game and all the others which are supposed to kick-off at the same time<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Persons believed to be fans of\u00a0 Bechem United prevented a StarTimes TV crew from entering the team&#8217;s stadium ahead of the final\u00a0day of games in the Ghana Premier League. 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