{"id":409902,"date":"2017-08-07T10:02:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T10:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/07\/kotoko-coach-steve-pollack-praises-players\/"},"modified":"2017-08-07T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T10:02:03","slug":"kotoko-coach-steve-pollack-praises-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/07\/kotoko-coach-steve-pollack-praises-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotoko coach Steve Pollack praises players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/63160871.295.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Pollack Kotoko2\" title=\"Steve Pollack Kotoko2\" width=\"295\" height=\"215\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Pollack is happy with his players<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1502100123_781_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Asante Kotoko coach Steve Pollack praised the fighting spirit of his charges in the 1-1 Ghana Premier League derby draw with Hearts of Oak on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Porcupine Warriors needed a controversial penalty converted by Saddick Adams to cancel out Kwame Kizito&#8217;s sublime finish.<\/p>\n<p>It was Kotoko&#8217;s first competitive match after the tragic team bus accident last month which claimed the life of their deputy equipment officer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Am happy with the attitude of the players after was has been going and am proud of them, their attitude and desire especially in the second half was good,&#8221; Pollack said in a post-match interview<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I&#8217;m proud to be their manager and proud to be part of the Kotoko family.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pollack is happy with his players &#13; Asante Kotoko coach Steve Pollack praised the fighting spirit of his charges in the 1-1 Ghana Premier League derby draw with Hearts of Oak on Sunday. 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