Kotoko fired up ahead of Hearts’ titanic clash

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By Stephen Asante, GNA      

Kumasi, Jan. 20, GNA – Asante Kotoko Coach,
Maxwell Konadu, has admitted that the Porcupine Warriors needs to maintain
their winning composure to ensure a successful campaign in the 2019/2020 Ghana
Premier League (GPL).

Two late goals from teenage sensation,
Mathew Anim, and striker Richard Arthur enabled the Porcupine Warriors see off
the bottom-of-the-log club, Dwarfs, 2-0, in their recent fixture.

Undoubtedly, the two-time African champions
laboured to overcome their less-fancied opponents after back-to-back defeats to
Medeama and Berekum Chelsea.

Going by statistics, Kotoko had so far won
three matches out of five, scored six and conceded three – leaving them in the
sixth position of the eighteen-club league.      

Ahead of Sunday’s (January 26, 2020) match
day six titanic clash between the two most glamorous Ghanaian clubs, Kotoko and
Hearts, in Accra, Coach Konadu said: “Kotoko should do more to improve their
performance”.

“Truly, the confidence and morale of my
players have been dented by our recent losses. We have to pick up the pieces
and move on, because our next match is quite difficult,” he told the media in
Kumasi.

Ghana’s version of the ‘El Classico’ would
be honoured at a time when the Phobians are also recovering from an earlier
setback, having lost their first two matches of the league.

The two clubs have more than forty (40)
league titles between them, but the going had not been that rosy in the current
campaign.

For Hearts, who currently occupy the ninth
position on seven points, a win over their archrivals would definitely come
with all the motivation associated with such crucial encounters.

It had been over a decade now the last time
the Phobians annexed the league trophy.

Ostensibly, seeing off Coach Kim Grant
seemed to have come as a good omen as their last couple of games in his absence
had recorded some interesting results.

Definitely, a win for the Phobians would not
only pacify their anxious supporters, but would also serve as the turning point
for the former CAF Champions League winners.

GNA