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President of Liberian football club Barrack Young Controllers(BYC),Professor Sekou Konneh has rubbished claims of bribery allegation n their CAF Champions League win over Asante Kotoko on Sunday.
The Liberian club scored late to progress in the Champions League on the away goals rule having been beaten 2-1 in the first leg against the Ghanaian champions.
Rumours fast gaining grounds in Ghana however suggests that goalkeeper Abdoulaye Soulama was compromised with a bribe before the Sunday’s match in Monrovia.
Officials of the Liberian club are alleged to have handed a $3000 bribe to goalkeeper Soulama Abdoulaye to throw the game by conceding a cheeky goal.
But BYC President Professor Konneh has debunked these unsubstantiated claims – saying Kotoko lost the game fair and square.
BYC are only making a debut appearance in the CAF Champions League following their domestic league triumph last season.
The club have now attracted the attention of the world following their progress in Africa’s flagship club competition at the expense of the renowned Ghanaian giants who have failed to successive campaigns to get into the group stage of the Champions League.
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