This narrative from the Ghana Football Association president may seem like a blockbuster movie, but it�s not.
According to the accounts of Kwasi Nyantakyi to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry, this is a part of the behind the scenes story that produced the poorest performance of Black Stars at a FIFA World Cup tournament.
Sulley Muntari, a midfield player of the Ghana Black Stars who Kwasi Nyantakyi brands �monstrous� in his narrative was suspended indefinitely from the Black Stars camp during the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil.
A story of him physically assaulting Moses Armah Parker, a GFA board member surfaced at the time.
GFA President Kwasi Nyantakyi narrates his side of the story:
�Before we could say jack, he [Muntari] got up from his seat and released one blow. Then the second one was released. I was surprised. I have never seen this kind of thing before.�
Sulley warned that �Moses must leave the hotel, otherwise he will follow him wherever he goes.�
�Sulley hit Alhaji Lartey�s head against a wardrobe, brushed Felix and then he moved in to face Moses Parker, who had been shielded by my body. �In a moment of unexplained madness, Sulley aimed the glass at Moses, which I intercepted and as a result suffered a cut from the glass bottle.�
The GFA officials and security personnel at the time were all in a defensive tactics mood, Nyantakyi explains: �They defended themselves by lying on the floor. I think it was a defensive tactics.
�The security officers of Brazil insisted on arresting Sulley Muntari and prosecuting him in their law courts so management had to respond immediately by taking a swift and a quick decision.
�We met the coaches, the technical team people and the following day � that was the eve of the [Portugal] match and had to take a decision immediate. Because if we condone one act of indiscipline, it spreads like a cancer and eats up the whole team.�
Ghana were last in their 2014 FIFA World Cup group securing just a single point out of a possible nine. The point gained was against eventual winners Germany.
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