Reacting to this, Kotey mentioned each referee should endeavour to arrange each mentally and spiritually earlier than each sport.
He defined that understanding the legal guidelines of the sport is one factor, however making ready adequately additionally goes a great distance to assist referees have wonderful performances.
“Every referee must prepare themselves spiritually and mentally,” Kotey informed Asempa FM, as quoted by 3Sports.
“I was born on a Thursday. If I am supposed to officiate a game, the Thursday before the game, I fast and when I fast, I get a lot of revelations that tell me what to do if I am going to the game. I will do it.”
Meanwhile, the Ghanaian top-flight league was hit by a scandal earlier in June after Real Tamale United (RTU) performed their sport towards Dreams FC utilizing unregistered gamers after their registered gamers boycotted the match.
The excellent league sport between RTU and Dreams FC passed off on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, on the Theatre of Dreams in Dawu.
The hosts romped to an emphatic 8-1 victory, with ahead Agyenim Boateng Mensah scoring 5 of their targets.
While the end result raised suspicion, it later got here to mild that the RTU gamers boycotted the sport over months of unpaid salaries, with the membership fielding unregistered gamers for the sport.
RTU’s captain Baba Kushigu later revealed in an interview with Angel Sports that none of his teammates travelled for the sport towards Dreams FC, confirming the allegations of impersonation.