Ghana’s Sulley Muntari And Kevin-Prince Boateng Sent Home Hours Before Portugal Match

Hours before a must-win World Cup match with Portugal, Ghana has sent home two key players from the team and have suspended them indefinitely. Via the Guardian:

Hours after a cash shipment arrived in Brazil to avert the squad’s threatened strike action over unpaid fees, Ghana’s FA released a statement to confirm that Muntari had been suspended for what they alleged was “an unprovoked physical attack” on an FA executive committee member. Muntari is yet to comment.

The decision was taken in the wake of his unprovoked physical attack on an Executive Committee member of the GFA and a management member of the Black Stars, Mr. Moses Armah on Tuesday 24th June, 2014 during a meeting.

Ghana needs to not only beat Portugal to advance to the knockout stage (most likely over the United States),  they would also need to beat out the United States in goal differential (the US is currently +1 on Ghana).

[The Guardian]