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‘Kotoko miss Baba Yara Sports Stadium,’ – Maxwell Konadu blames draw with Eleven Wonders on neutral ground

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‘Kotoko miss Baba Yara Sports Stadium,’ – Maxwell Konadu blames draw with Eleven Wonders on neutral ground

The Porcupine Warriors boss suggests his charges could have done better against Wonders if they played in their favourite home ground

Asante Kotoko coach Maxwell Konadu has already sent a signal that he is unhappy playing his home games at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Despite going in front thanks to Kwame Poku’s debut goal, the Porcupine Warriors failed to record a win on opening day of Ghana Premier League after 1-1 stalemate with debutants Techiman Eleven Wonders on Sunday.

Substitute Prince Okraku snatched a late equaliser to share the spoils.

“The playing of our home games away from home [Baba Yara Sports Stadium] started from last season and it hasn’t been helping us,” Konadu iinsisted after the game. 

“It’s always better to be in front of your home fans, playing in Kumasi means a lot to the team than having your games on a neutral ground.

“However, this is the first league match and we wanted to secure the three points but unfortunately it couldn’t happen. So we’ll still work hard in the subsequent games. Its just the first match.”

 
“The team is still gelling together after the pre-season and I believe that as time goes on, the team will become better than we did against Eleven Wonders,” he added.

 Next on Kotoko’s roaster is an away trip to Golden City Park in Berekum next weekend to lock horns with Berekum Chelsea who also picked an away draw against Legon Cities FC.

‘Asante Kotoko were lucky with the draw,’ says Eleven Wonders boss Osei-Fosu

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‘Asante Kotoko were lucky with the draw,’ says Eleven Wonders boss Osei-Fosu

The Citizens boss believes they could’ve picked all the points against the Porcupine Warriors in Accra

Techiman Eleven Wonders coach Ignatius Osei-Fosu says he rues his side’s missed opportunities following the 1-1 draw against Asante Kotoko on opening day of 2020/21 Ghana Premier League season.

The debutants came from a goal down to share spoils after substitute Prince Okraku levelled Kwame Poku’s opener for Kotoko late in the game with a wonderful finish.

Wonders were the better side in the first half and could’ve scored at least two goals but their strikers fluffed every opportunity that came their way.

“Asante Kotoko were the second best and had to lose this game because we played better than them. I think they didn’t even deserve a point,” Fosu said after the game.

“We knew how they will play so we limited them. If you watched the game critically, you will see that none of their fullbacks completed a single cross or a decisive pass into our box throughout the game.

“We are going back to Techiman with a point and we feel like we have missed a glorious chance to record our first victory in the Ghana Premier League. We will build on this and hope our next game will be better than this,” he added.

Eleven Wonders will play their first-ever home game in the Premier League next weekend when they welcome Ebusua Dwarfs to the Ohene Ameyaw Park in Techiman, while Kotoko will travel to Golden City Park in Berekum to face Berekum Chelsea on matchday two.

AshantiGold coach Milovan Cirkovic unimpressed with squad after Karela United stalemate

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AshantiGold coach Milovan Cirkovic unimpressed with squad after Karela United stalemate

The Miners boss has openly criticised his players attitude and performance after sharing the spoils at home with Karela

AshantiGold coach Milovan Cirkovic says he is not satisfied with the players available to him after his debut game in the Ghana Premier League on Sunday.

The Obuasi-based club shared the spoils 2-2 with Karela United at the Len Clay Sports Stadium after goals from Diawisie Taylor and Samuel Ofori cancelled Appiah McCarthy and Hans Kwoffie’s strikes.

“I have had a very short time with the squad and I think that’s why we couldn’t play to our best against Karela United,” Cirkovic said after the game.

“We must learn more and more. I have to work hard with them until when I will be satisfied.

“For now, I am not satisfied with the squad tactically and technically,” he added.

Cirkovic faces a tall mountain next weekend as he will travel to Accra Sports Stadium to face giants Hearts of Oak in his first away fixture.

Pictures: Black Stars arrive in Sudan ahead of 2021 Afcon qualifier

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Pictures: Black Stars arrive in Sudan ahead of 2021 Afcon qualifier

The Black Stars arrived in the North African country early hours of Monday ahead of the second away game in the qualifiers

Ghana’s contingent arrived in Omdurman early hours of Monday ahead of the 2020/21 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan on Tuesday.

The Black Stars are looking for their fourth win in a row which will officially confirm their participation in the next year’s continental competition as they currently sit top of Group C with nine points.

The team arrived without four players including captain Andre Ayew and goalkeeper Richard Ofori after picking an injury and being suspended due to accumulated yellow cards respectively.

Others including Kotoko goalkeeper Razak Abalora and midfielder Joseph Attamah Larweh will miss the game as the duo tested positive of Coronavirus disease at the airport.

Meanwhile, coach C.K Akonnor will have a little to worry about since midfielder Wakaso Mubarak, Majeed Ashimeru and Crystal Palace star Jeffrey Schlupp arrived in camp on time, while Legon Cities goalkeeper Fatau Dauda was handed a late call up to fill the void.

Ghana won the first leg 2-0 at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium last week thanks to the individual brilliance of Andre Ayew.

In the other group game, Sao Tome and Principe will welcome South Africa in the return leg after they also lost last week.

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Asante Kotoko 1-1 Eleven Wonders: Okraku’s late equaliser exposes Maxwell Konadu on GPL opening day

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Asante Kotoko 1-1 Eleven Wonders: Okraku’s late equaliser exposes Maxwell Konadu on GPL opening day

Asante Kotoko failed to record a win on opening day of 2020/21 Ghana Premier League after sharing the spoils 1-1 with debutants Eleven Wonders at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday.

After a a slow start to the game, where chances were premium to Kotoko, Kwame Poku had missed a glorious opportunity by the 38th minute to the surprise of his own teammates.

However, the striker made amends after the break and scored the opener with a fine finish.

With Kotoko hoping to at least secure the slim win, substitute Okraku latched onto a pass in Kotoko’s goal area and fired past goalkeeper Felix Annan for the equaliser.

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Asante Kotoko clash with Ghana FA/StarTimes over Premier League footage in Accra

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Asante Kotoko clash with Ghana FA/StarTimes over Premier League footage in Accra

Confusion popped up in Accra Sports Stadium as Ghana FA tried to prevent Asante Kotoko’s partners VEO from capturing the game against Techiman Eleven Wonders on Sunday.

Kotoko, before the start of the game, insisted that it will not be used live but for technical purposes but Ghana FA said they should go to StarTimes for it after the game

The game was delayed for a couple of minutes but after several deliberations, Kotoko were allowed to have their way through.

Kotoko signed a three-year contract with VEO last month and they will use their videos to check players’ work rate and attitude on the field at technical meetings.

Medeama 1-1 Great Olympics; Wonder Club cause confusion in Tarkwa with a draw

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Medeama 1-1 Great Olympics; Wonder Club cause confusion in Tarkwa with a draw

The Yellow and Mauve were handed a reality check as they failed to pick three points against their visitors

Medeama failed to record 100 per cent on opening day of 2020/21 Ghana Premier League season as they shared the spoils 1-1 with Great Olympics at the AKoon’s Park on Sunday.

After a wonderful run in the pre-season, Medeama showed early signs of greatness as they troubled Olympics’ goal area.

Ali Ouattarra Issouf finally broke the deadlock after half an hour in the game when he latched onto a wonderful pass from a teammate and sent his effort past the Olympics goalkeeper.

Medeama could’ve doubled their advantage after the break but their strikers fluffed several half chances they had to the disappointment of head coach Samuel Boadu.

With quarter and hour to end the game, Olympics handed their hosts the shock of their lives as substitute Michael Yeboah connected a beautiful assist to score the equaliser.

With Olympics content with the one point, they resorted to a defensive game plan to protect it as they frustrated Medeama further more with time wasting tactics.

Olympics will now head to Accra to play Legon Cities at the Accra Sports Stadium next week.

WAFA 4-3 King Faisal: Inshall Allah Boys lose in a seven-goal thriller

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WAFA 4-3 King Faisal: Inshall Allah Boys lose in a seven-goal thriller

It was a a day of goals in Sogakope as WAFA defeated King Faisal FC 4-3 on opening day of Ghana Premier League.

Konadu Yiadom scored the first goal for WAFA before Kwame Peprah leveled few minutes later.

However, Godwin Agbevor and Daniel Lomotey score two quick goals after the break to make it 3-1 as Faisal were wobbling at the back. Lomotey added another goal two minutes later to condemn Faisal further.

After Faisal struggling for sometime, Yakubu Mohammed capitalised on a mistake by the WAFA defence to draw one back on 78th minute.

Kwame Peprah added another three minutes later to make it 4-3 and pile pressure on WAFA.

Kotoko goalkeeper Razak Abalora and three others dropped from Black Stars travelling contingent due to COVID-19

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Kotoko goalkeeper Razak Abalora and three others dropped from Black Stars travelling contingent due to COVID-19

The Porcupine Warriors shot-stopper was definitely going to start against Sudan but he was asked to return home at the eleventh hour

Asante Kotoko goalkeeper Razak Abalora has been dropped from the Black Stars travelling team together with three others due to health issues.

Abarola and midfielder Joseph Attamah Larweh were dropped after they tested positive of the COVID-19 disease at the airport.

As a result, coach C.K Akonnor quickly called Legon Cities goalkeeper Fatau Dauda to replace Abalora since he was left with only one goalkeeper since first-choice goalkeeper Richard Ofori has also been suspended after accumulation of yellow cards.

Also, captain Andre Ayew who scored a brace in the first leg against Sudan did not travel with the team as he is couldn’t recover from a knee injury that picked last week.

Meanwhile, Majeed Ashimeru, Wakaso Mubarak and Jeffrey Schlupp arrived in camp on time after missing the first leg.

Akonnor will have to appoint a new captain for the game since both Andre Ayew (captain), Thomas Teye Partey (first deputy captain) and Richard Ofori second deputy captain) are all out of the game.

Ghanaian referee Boateng confirmed dead in road accident

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Ghanaian referee Boateng confirmed dead in road accident

The knight of the whistle lost his live in a head on collision Saturday night when returning from a funeral rite

Ghanaian referee Jones Boateng has lost his life in a serious road accident that happened at a village along the Obuasi to Dunkwa-on-Offin main road.

The young man, who is reported to be in his early thirties, was a class one referee and although was dropped from the list of referees that were passed to officiate in the 2020/21 league season, he had higher hopes of gatecrashing into it next season

He went to Dunkwa to attend the funeral of a person believed to be close and untimely lost his life in a head-on collision accident.

Boateng was a Kumasi-based referee and his family as well as Ashanti Regional Referees Association are yet to comment on the sad event as they are left in distress.

May his soul rest in peace.

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