{"id":467417,"date":"2011-07-25T08:56:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T08:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/25\/nania-win-fa-cup\/"},"modified":"2011-07-25T08:56:56","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T08:56:56","slug":"nania-win-fa-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/25\/nania-win-fa-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Nania Win FA Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"85\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyguideghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/nania_win.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20823\" title=\"nania_win\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailyguideghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/nania_win.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Victorious FC Nania players<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Abedi Pele\u2019s Nania FC yesterday clinched their maiden FA Cup silverware after producing a spirited extra-time performance to beat Asante Kotoko 1-0 at the Accra Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The victory denied Kotoko the chance to play in Africa and it was their second streak silverware loss at the same venue in three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>It was Felix Baffoe who broke the deadlock after 107 minutes of pure soccer action with a beautiful back-heel to outwit goalkeeper Soulama Abdulai.<\/p>\n<p>The Division One customers survived the incessant pressure Kotoko mounted, especially in the first half of regulation time, with goalkeeper Michael Sai rising to the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Nania restarted the game and demonstrated predatory instincts but Kotoko\u2019s Burkinabe import, Soulama\u2019s interventions were timely.<\/p>\n<p>Considered the underdogs by experts before the game, Nania had conquered Juantex FC in the prelims. They extended their dominance to the round of 64 where they mauled Mighty Youngsters 4-0, and defeated Kintampo Zamalek 1-0 at the round of 32.<\/p>\n<p>They proved superior over George Afriyie\u2019s Unity FC, defeating them 1-0 in the round of 16, and then recorded a 1-0 win over D. International at the quarter final stage of the MTN sponsored competition.<\/p>\n<p>Nania attracted the attention of the game\u2019s connoisseurs after sending league leaders Berekum Chelsea packing in the senifinals, when they defeated them 5-3 on penalties after a pulsating 2-2 game in regulation time.<\/p>\n<p>In all, they scored 11 goals and conceded just two and for their efforts, they were decorated with medals, received a trophy and a GH\u00a220,000 cash prize.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko, the defending champions, having won the competition eight times- one short of Accra Hearts of\u00a0 Oak- on the other hand went past teams like Danbot FC, Depotivo, Heart of Lions, Aduana Stars and Wa All Stars to get to the final played yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>They took home medals and a GH\u00a210,000 cash prize as their reward.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Kofi Owusu Aduonum<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyguideghana.com\/?p=20822\" title=\"Nania Win FA Cup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nania Win FA Cup<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Victorious FC Nania players Abedi Pele\u2019s Nania FC yesterday clinched their maiden FA Cup silverware after producing a spirited extra-time performance to beat Asante Kotoko 1-0 at the Accra Stadium. The victory denied Kotoko the chance to play in Africa and it was their second streak silverware loss at the same venue in three weeks. It was Felix Baffoe who broke the deadlock after 107 minutes of pure soccer action with a beautiful back-heel to outwit goalkeeper Soulama Abdulai. <\/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-467417","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>Nania Win FA Cup - 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\/25\/nania-win-fa-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nania Win FA Cup - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Victorious FC Nania players Abedi Pele\u2019s Nania FC yesterday clinched their maiden FA Cup silverware after producing a spirited extra-time performance to beat Asante Kotoko 1-0 at the Accra Stadium. 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