Dwarfs coach Ernest Thompson Quartey has been beaten to pulp by fans of Berekum Chelsea during their 2-1 defeat in the Ghana Premier League played on Sunday.

Reports say the coach was beaten for allegedly carrying black magic.

The melee happened after the first half when the visitors were making their way into the dressing room at the Golden City Park with a 1-0 lead.

Dwarfs opened the scoring through Enoch Afram in the 23rd minute but Chelsea stormed back with an equalizer and Kofi Owusu netting the winning goal after 83 minutes.

After the match, Thompson had his shirt torn and had to leave the stadium with a sprained ankle and his left arm bandaged.

He looked stricken as he narrated his ordeal.

“We played the first match, we said our prayer with the players and just as we were going into the dressing room, then about 30 supporters in front of the dressing room. They wanted to search me because they were suspecting I had juju [black magic] on me,” Thompson said in a video posted on social media.

“So when I said No. It was only my phone and other things, they forcibly opened my zip and all that and when I tried to resist, they started punching me, held my leg, I fell down, some were kicking me.
“This shouldn’t be happening in Ghana football in this day and age. We[Ghana] have come of age, we are in the scientific world to be pummeled, kicked and all that.

“I have a family at home. I can’t die because of football.”