{"id":467072,"date":"2011-07-24T19:35:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T19:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/24\/abedi-pele-refuses-to-take-credit-for-nania-historic-feat\/"},"modified":"2011-07-24T19:35:59","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T19:35:59","slug":"abedi-pele-refuses-to-take-credit-for-nania-historic-feat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/24\/abedi-pele-refuses-to-take-credit-for-nania-historic-feat\/","title":{"rendered":"Abedi Pele Refuses To Take Credit For Nania Historic Feat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"68\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-36809\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/abedi-pele-refuses-to-take-credit-for-nania-historic-feat\/09kqcr_091117acn2010_pc_cr-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36809\" title=\"Abedi Pele refuses to take credit for historic win over Kotoko\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/abedi_pele-455-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"Club owner and coach Abedi Pele refused to take the credit after Nania became the first club in outside the top-flight to win the Ghana FA Cup.\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abedi Pele says his players must take the credit for beating Kotoko<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Club owner and coach Abedi Pele refused to take the credit after Nania became the first club in outside the top-flight to win the Ghana FA Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The legend coached the side to beat giants Kotoko 1-0 in the final on Sunday to complete a historic campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time African Player of the Year award winner, who formed the team ten years ago, coached the side to victory.<\/p>\n<p>Many have praised him for leading the side from the obscurity of the second tier league to the giants status they have acquired after the win.<\/p>\n<p>But Abedi insists the players must take the credit as they have worked hard to ensure the victory over Kotoko.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel very good. The credit its not for me, it goes to the players,\u201d the three-time African Player of the Year award winner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve been training very hard and today their prayers have been answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am really thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abedi says they were tactically superior to the side coached by Serbian manager Bogdan Korak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were tight in the defence. Kotoko is a great team and it is hard to beat them,\u201d Abedi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTactical awareness made us win. We didn\u2019t anticipate winning but the better team won,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Nania will represent Ghana in the Confederation Cup next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/abedi-pele-refuses-to-take-credit-for-nania-historic-feat\/\" title=\"Abedi Pele Refuses To Take Credit For Nania Historic Feat\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abedi Pele Refuses To Take Credit For Nania Historic Feat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Abedi Pele says his players must take the credit for beating Kotoko Club owner and coach Abedi Pele refused to take the credit after Nania became the first club in outside the top-flight to win the Ghana FA Cup. The legend coached the side to beat giants Kotoko 1-0 in the final on Sunday to complete a historic campaign. The three-time African Player of the Year award winner, who formed the team ten years ago, coached the side to victory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-467072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Abedi Pele Refuses To Take Credit For Nania Historic Feat - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/24\/abedi-pele-refuses-to-take-credit-for-nania-historic-feat\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Abedi Pele Refuses To Take Credit For Nania Historic Feat - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Abedi Pele says his players must take the credit for beating Kotoko Club owner and coach Abedi Pele refused to take the credit after Nania became the first club in outside the top-flight to win the Ghana FA Cup. 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