{"id":432383,"date":"2017-10-31T03:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T03:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/i-didnt-need-to-motivate-my-players-against-hearts-of-oak-asante-kotoko-coach\/"},"modified":"2017-10-31T03:00:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T03:00:36","slug":"i-didnt-need-to-motivate-my-players-against-hearts-of-oak-asante-kotoko-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/i-didnt-need-to-motivate-my-players-against-hearts-of-oak-asante-kotoko-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I didn&#8217;t need to motivate my players against Hearts of Oak&#8217; &#8211; Asante Kotoko coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Asante Kotoko coach Steve Pollack says his players did not need any extra motivation in their 3-1 MTN FA Cup win over rivals Hearts of Oak on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Porcupine Warriors were head and shoulders above the Phobians and raced into a three-nil first-half lead courtesy striker Saddick Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts came back strongly in the second half but their efforts could only earn them a consolation goal courtesy Thomas Abbey.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko have now won a ninth FA Cup trophy and the latest feat has handed them a slot to play in the CAF Confederation Cup next year.<\/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>Asante Kotoko coach Steve Pollack says his players did not need any extra motivation in their 3-1 MTN FA Cup win over rivals Hearts of Oak on Sunday. 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