{"id":424226,"date":"2017-10-02T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/02\/mtn-fa-cup-hearts-of-oak-beats-wa-all-stars-2-1\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T07:00:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T07:00:34","slug":"mtn-fa-cup-hearts-of-oak-beats-wa-all-stars-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/02\/mtn-fa-cup-hearts-of-oak-beats-wa-all-stars-2-1\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN FA Cup: Hearts of Oak beats Wa All Stars 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday,  2 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>todaygh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/35986224.295.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Razak Scores For Hearts 1024x683\" title=\"Patrick Razak Scores For Hearts 1024x683\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Patrick Razak scored for Hearts against All Stars<\/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=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1506927634_962_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Hearts of Oak booked a ticket to this year\u2019s FA Cup final following their 2-1 victory over Wa All Stars at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Phobians, who are record winners of the competition, showed grit and verve to overcome their bogey side to book a place in the grand final.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts of Oak predictably started on the front foot as they attacked All Stars with verve and purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Razak, who is one of  Ghana\u2019s heroes at the just ended WAFU Cup,  opened the scoring for Hearts of Oak in the 31st minute when he picked Thomas Abbey\u2019s beautiful through pass on the half way line after ghosting the defenders of All Stars to plant the ball into the far left corner.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts had a great opportunity to double their lead in the 36th when Patrick Razak set up Malik Akowuah but the midfielder slipped when he was about to pull the trigger.<\/p>\n<p>On the 40th minute mark, Hafiz Adams had goalkeeper Ben Mensah at his mercy but decided to blast the ball into the sky to the dismay of their oponents.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts continued from where they left off in the first stanza, and got their second of the afternoon in the 52nd minute through Kwame Kizito, who poached home from a close range to beat the hapless Rashid Seidu.<\/p>\n<p>Kizito went close again in the 59th minute as his left footed shot was parried away by goalkeeper Rashid Seidu.<\/p>\n<p>All Stars halved the deficit in the 69th minute via substitute attacker Samuel Atta Mensah, who latched on to Hafiz Adams\u2019 cut back pass to dispatch coolly past Ben Mensah.<\/p>\n<p>The rejuvenated All Stars continued to press Hearts for the equalizer but failed to create any clear cut chance as the Phobians booked  a place in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts will aim to lift the cup that has eluded them since 2000 when they defeated Okwahu United 2-0 in the final.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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>Sports News of Monday, 2 October 2017 Source: todaygh.com 2017-10-02 Patrick Razak scored for Hearts against All Stars &#13; Hearts of Oak booked a ticket to this year\u2019s FA Cup final following their 2-1 victory over Wa All Stars at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium on Sunday. 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