Female
Player Denies Reports
By Julu M. Johnson, Jr.
Female striker Miatta Johnson has denied reports that
he was quitting the national under-19 female national team.
Last Friday, March March 24, 2006, Miatta alias Rivaldo
was quoted by the Analyst newspaper as saying via phone that her
alleged decision was due to the lack of seriousness by sports
authorities in the country.
However, the player did not only reject the story
but declared that at no time she ever granted an interview with the
paper.
According to her, it was unprofessional on the part of
the paper to have attributed the article to her without contacting
her.
The player of Pro-Anchor Sisters did not make the trip to
Algeria on Sunday with her female counterparts yet she said that the
reason the Analyst gave in its story was not why she is not on the
trip.
She pointed out that the article is causing a harm to
her football career as several officials who know to be a quiet person
appeared shocked over the article.
"Since the story, many LFA officials have called
in order to tell me that I was wrong to take such decision. But let me
tell the Liberian people that the paper is lying on me because I was
never contacted," she declared.
She called on the paper to retract the story so
as to avoid causing further harm to her career.
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