{"id":463584,"date":"2018-02-12T10:17:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T10:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/penalties-are-like-a-lottery-steve-polack-on-kotoko-caf-game\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T10:17:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T10:17:01","slug":"penalties-are-like-a-lottery-steve-polack-on-kotoko-caf-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/penalties-are-like-a-lottery-steve-polack-on-kotoko-caf-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Penalties are like a lottery &#8211; Steve Polack on Kotoko CAF game"},"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, 12 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>footballghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/40273102.295.jpg\" alt=\"Pollack New\" title=\"Pollack New\" width=\"295\" height=\"189\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Steve Polack<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518430621_856_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Asante Kotoko coach Steve Polack is not bothered with his side&#8217;s failure to convert three penalties in their game with CARA Brazaville.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko before Yakubu Mohammed&#8217;s last minute goal from the spot had missed three spot kicks in the game played at the Baba Yara Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The first player to miss was striker Saddick Adams, captain Amos Frimpong missed the second with Baba Mahama also missing the third penalty.<\/p>\n<p>It was drama at the Baba Yara Stadium but coach Pollack thinks they were just unlucky.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Penalties are like a lottery, the goalkeeper has nothing to lose, it is the player who has a lot to lose should you miss it,&#8221; he said after the game<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And if you look at the Penalties we took, the first one from Saddick was well taken but missed, Baba as well and it was saved.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko will travel away to Congo Brazaville in a fortnight for the second leg clash.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 updated by: 56 --><\/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, 12 February 2018 Source: footballghana.com 2018-02-12 Steve Polack Asante Kotoko coach Steve Polack is not bothered with his side&#8217;s failure to convert three penalties in their game with CARA Brazaville. 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