{"id":610954,"date":"2019-04-28T10:31:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T10:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday, 28 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Primenewsghana.com<\/p>\n2019-04-28\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/46391"},"modified":"2019-04-28T10:31:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T10:31:20","slug":"nc-special-competition-preview-hearts-kotoko-face-tricky-ties-in-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/28\/nc-special-competition-preview-hearts-kotoko-face-tricky-ties-in-second-round\/","title":{"rendered":"NC&#8217; Special Competition Preview; Hearts, Kotoko face tricky ties in second round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday, 28 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Primenewsghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/46391725.295.jpg\" alt=\"Hearts Allies\" title=\"Hearts Allies\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Inter Allies host Hearts of Oak in Tema<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Normalization Committee&#8217;s Special Competition second round continues today April 28 at the various centres.<\/p>\n<p>In matchday 8 of Zone A, Berekum Chelsea will welcome Asante Kotoko at the Berekum Golden city park. Coach C.K. Akonnor and his charges will be seeking to do the double after beating them 2-0 in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Samuel Boadu&#8217;s Medeama will host Aduana Stars at the Tarkwa T&amp;A to see who wins the bragging rights after they played a  1-1 draw game last weekend whilst Bechem United will engage Eleven Wonders at the Nana Forkuo II Park.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Zone B, Elmina Sharks take on Dreams FC at the Nduom Sports Complex. The two teams played a goalless drawn game in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>WAFA will be seeking revenge against Ebusua Dwarfs at the Sogakope Stadium after suffering a 1-0 defeat against them.<\/p>\n<p>Liberty Professionals will aim to inflict revenge upon Karela United when they face them at the Carl Reindorf Park in Dansoman. The first leg ended 1-0 in favour of Karela.<\/p>\n<p>Ebusua Dwarfs will trek to Sogakope to play West African Football Academy (WAFA) with confidence high after two wins on the spin at the RedBull Arena with Sharks shrugging it out with Dreams Football Club at the Nduom Sports Complex in Elmina.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts of Oak will trek to Tema to play Inter Allies at the Tema Sports Stadium. Goals from Robert Addo Soawh and Joseph Esso handed the Phobians the win in the first round.<\/p>\n<p><b>Matchday 8 fixtures<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Berekum Chelsea vs Asante Kotoko<\/p>\n<p>Medeama SC vs Aduana<\/p>\n<p>Bechem United vs Eleven Wonders<\/p>\n<p>Liberty Professionals vs Karela United<\/p>\n<p>WAFA vs Ebusua Dwarfs<\/p>\n<p>Elmina Sharks vs Dreams FC<\/p>\n<p>Inter Allies vs Hearts of Oak<\/p>\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 Sunday, 28 April 2019 Source: Primenewsghana.com 2019-04-28 Inter Allies host Hearts of Oak in Tema The Normalization Committee&#8217;s Special Competition second round continues today April 28 at the various centres. In matchday 8 of Zone A, Berekum Chelsea will welcome Asante Kotoko at the Berekum Golden city park. Coach C.K. Akonnor and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":610955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NC&#039; Special Competition Preview; Hearts, Kotoko face tricky ties in second round - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/28\/nc-special-competition-preview-hearts-kotoko-face-tricky-ties-in-second-round\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"NC&#039; Special Competition Preview; Hearts, Kotoko face tricky ties in second round - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sports News of Sunday, 28 April 2019 Source: Primenewsghana.com 2019-04-28 Inter Allies host Hearts of Oak in Tema The Normalization Committee&#8217;s Special Competition second round continues today April 28 at the various centres. 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