{"id":392797,"date":"2017-05-29T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T11:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/29\/kotoko-win-at-last\/"},"modified":"2017-05-29T11:48:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T11:48:23","slug":"kotoko-win-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/29\/kotoko-win-at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotoko win at last!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Coach Stephen Polack of Asante Kotoko has indicated that the team can only seek to build on their performance after securing his second win for the club since taking over.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko defeated Tema Youth 1-0 in their 16th-week Premier League game at the Tema Stadium yesterday to register only their first win in their last eight league matches.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Baba Mahama\u2019s 67th-minute strike earned the Porcupine Warriors the only goal of the match and the maximum three points, having gone without a win in the last two months.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The win not only brought respite to the Kotoko faithful and Polack, who took over the club this month but also moved the team up the league log to the fourth position.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In a post-match interview, Coach Polack said he was encouraged by the performance of the players but cautioned there was still a work to do to return Kotoko to winning ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a lot of work to be done on their players. 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