{"id":463618,"date":"2018-02-12T12:56:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T12:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/kotokos-performance-against-cara-club-delights-coach-steve-polack\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T12:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T12:56:09","slug":"kotokos-performance-against-cara-club-delights-coach-steve-polack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/kotokos-performance-against-cara-club-delights-coach-steve-polack\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotoko&#8217;s performance against CARA Club delights coach Steve Polack"},"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>GHANAsoccernet.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\/11\/72130356.295.jpg\" alt=\"Pollack Kwame Kyei\" title=\"Pollack Kwame Kyei\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Steve Pollack with Dr. Kyei<\/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\/1518440169_25_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Asante Kotoko head coach Steve Polack has expressed his satisfaction with his side&#8217;s performance in their 1-0 win against CARA Club in the first leg of the preliminary stage of this year&#8217;s CAF Confederation Cup on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Baba Yara Sports Stadium witnessed one of the best displays by Asante Kotoko in a long while as they pipped Congolese side CARA Club to 1-0 in the first leg of the preliminary round of CAF&#8217;s second-tier club competition.<\/p>\n<p>The Porcupine Warriors were wasteful in front of goal after squandering a staggering three penalties award to them by Senegalese referee Issa Sy before striker Yakubu Mohammed climbed off the bench to convert a late penalty to hand his side a slender victory.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the outcome of the game, Coach Polack commended his charges attitude and desire to win the match but was left astonished by their profligacy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe it&#8217;s one of the best performances since I have been here, the attitude, desire and passion of the players was something else. I am only disappointed we didn&#8217;t win by more goals, missed few chances but will work on that at training before the second leg,&#8221; Polack told Oyerepa FM&#8217;s Gideon Kwame Boateng.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The supporters were tremendous as always, the crowd was behind us and that&#8217;s a go sign going forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The English gaffer added, &#8220;We have been training on penalties and it&#8217;s amazing how we lost them but don&#8217;t forget penalty shoot outs are like lottery but from where I was sitting, I didn&#8217;t see all the penalties and five of them in a game, it&#8217;s my first time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yakubu Mohammed coming in later was strategic and I&#8217;m not surprised he is the toast of the fans, he has always been and others also think otherwise. He has a lot to offer. I&#8217;m confident we can qualify notwithstanding where we the match will be played, even if it&#8217;s in England.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko will need to avoid defeat to progress to the next stage of the competition in the return encounter in fortnight time in Congo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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