{"id":9885,"date":"2022-01-29T16:08:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T16:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/gasogi-threatens-to-withdraw-from-rwanda-premier-league"},"modified":"2022-01-29T16:57:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T16:57:22","slug":"gasogi-threatens-to-withdraw-from-rwanda-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/gasogi-threatens-to-withdraw-from-rwanda-premier-league","title":{"rendered":"Gasogi threatens to withdraw from Rwanda premier league"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Gasogi United football club chairman Charles Nkuriza Kakooza \u2018KNC\u2019 on Thursday said his team will pull out of the top flight league, citing unfair refereeing for the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Kakooza\u2019s sudden statement came after his team had a goal controversially ruled out for offside during Thursday\u2019s shock 1-0 defeat against Rayon Sports at Kigali Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Kakooza was not able to attend the match at the stadium as he is serving an-eight match ban from the stadium due to misconduct and \u2018wrongly\u2019 accusing Kiyovu SC president Juvenal Mvukiyehe of \u2018betting\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Kakooza, who watched the match on TV, insisted his team was robbed when the linesman disallowed Gasogi\u2019s that came from Marc Nkubana\u2019s stunning strike, saying that two of the club\u2019s players were offside.<\/p>\n<p>The decision cost his team three points after losing 1-0 at the expense of resilient Rayon, a result that angered KNC prompting him to announce that Gasogi would withdraw from the top flight league campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffective today, we are withdrawing the team from the premier league. our players will continue training and we will keep paying their wages but we won\u2019t participate in this league anymore,\u201d Kakooza angrily told journalists after the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis shows that our football is full of mafias. You saw the match we played, the effort the team has put in but the referees were briefed. These guys [referees] are playing with emotions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kakooza, who says the refereeing committee has an agenda against his team due to the fact that he has been criticising referees on many occasions, warned mediocre refereeing is ruining Rwandan football and urged Ferwafa President to end the farce and put the house on order or else, his reputation in football risks losing people\u2019s trust.<\/p>\n<p>Refereeing has been at the centre of criticism since the top flight campaign started in October.<\/p>\n<p>Kakooza was earlier this week slapped with a four-match ban from the stadium and a Rwf 50 000 fine for the comments he made on centre referee Balthazar Ahishakiye during the match against Police FC in December.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said the federation should not only focus on taking action against those who criticise refereeing in Rwandan football but also look at what makes people come up with such critics.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, he said, he will only invest in a team elsewhere but not in Rwanda if nothing changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI invest at least Rwf 300 million for my team every season but the referee never minds doing this [to us]? How can you keep investing in football?\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happened to Police FC, it happened to Gorilla FC, but for us we can\u2019t let this happen. We are getting out [of the league],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>If he stands by his decision, Gasogi will pull out of the league sitting 11th with 16 points after 15 matches of the first leg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Gasogi United football club chairman Charles Nkuriza Kakooza \u2018KNC\u2019 on Thursday said his team will pull out of the top flight league, citing unfair refereeing for the decision. 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