{"id":1124395,"date":"2022-06-16T15:47:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/16\/fight-to-reclaim-lost-africa-glory\/"},"modified":"2022-06-16T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T15:47:12","slug":"fight-to-reclaim-lost-africa-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/16\/fight-to-reclaim-lost-africa-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight to reclaim lost Africa glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"453\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-16-143342-696x453.png\"   alt=\"Asante Kotoko\" title=\"Asante Kotoko\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asante Kotoko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>   <!--  --><\/p>\n<p>Former Asante Kotoko chairman,\u00a0Herbert Mensah, has challenged the current playing body to fight to reclaim their club\u2019s lost glory in the CAF Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>The Porcupine Warriors have booked their place in the CAF\u2019s elite competition following their 2021\/22 Ghana Premier League success.<\/p>\n<p>In a congratulatory message to the club,\u00a0Mr Mensah\u00a0advised the playing body to focus on achieving more with the club by making plans for the future.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mr-herbert-mensah.jpg\" alt=\"Herbert Mensah\" class=\"wp-image-1958073\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Herbert Mensah<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn order for you to become great, you have to change, you have to move with the times, you have to move with the future,\u201d the former\u00a0Asante Kotoko\u00a0chairman stated.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow Kotoko has to consolidate, they have to look at Africa and look into the future to judge the present, and if you can do that, you can see the direction which is right,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He noted that stakeholders must be able to build a long-lasting foundation which would help the club achieve their aim of dominating the African continent once again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an administrator, it\u2019s not about winning today; it is about whether two- or three-years time, the standard of\u00a0Asante Kotoko\u00a0would be able to stand strong enough to be able to go and challenge the best in Africa,\u201d\u00a0he\u00a0stated.<\/p>\n<p>Asante Kotoko will wrap up their 2021\/22 Ghana Premier League campaign with an away game against Accra Lions at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday with kick-off scheduled at 15:00GMT.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"guojiiIcp18\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Storage For Maize: Maize farmers predict bumper harvest, demand storage facilities (16-6-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/guojiiIcp18?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asante Kotoko Former Asante Kotoko chairman,\u00a0Herbert Mensah, has challenged the current playing body to fight to reclaim their club\u2019s lost glory in the CAF Champions League. The Porcupine Warriors have booked their place in the CAF\u2019s elite competition following their 2021\/22 Ghana Premier League success. 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