{"id":1222683,"date":"2022-10-12T16:09:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T16:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/12\/justice-blay-made-an-appearance-for-coach-seydou-zerbo-in-his-first-game-back-from-injury\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T16:09:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T16:09:29","slug":"justice-blay-made-an-appearance-for-coach-seydou-zerbo-in-his-first-game-back-from-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/12\/justice-blay-made-an-appearance-for-coach-seydou-zerbo-in-his-first-game-back-from-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Blay Made An Appearance For Coach Seydou Zerbo In His First Game Back From Injury."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Justice Nkuku Blay, a beloved midfielder for Kumasi Asante Kotoko, made his first appearance following his recovery in a friendly match.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1b4540c435cd41cb9e48e1aa4fe50b32\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Owing to a court injunction halting the 2022\u20132023 BetPawa Premier League, Asante Kotoko and Techiman Liberty contested a friendly match on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the BetPawa Premier League&#8217;s second round, Dr. Prosper Narteh Ogum had the midfielder resigned back to the league champions.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Blay&#8217;s re-signing with Asante Kotoko on a two-year contract was formally confirmed by the team via a club tweet, which read: &#8220;We have re-signed midfielder @JusticeBlay_ on a 2-year deal. He&#8217;ll be eligible to participate in the 21\/22 season from February 1, 2022. Blay will be unveiled before our game against Medeama at Baba Yara Stadium tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/98525e95e62845b7b45a39289b60eba9\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The tireless midfielder, known to the fans as Chief Justice, had been with the team since the second round until suffering a knee injury at the Adako Jachie Training Complex as the squad prepared to meet Accra Hearts of Oak at Baba Yara Sports Stadium in a battle scheduled for week 24.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, Blay underwent surgery to treat his knee injury, and his anticipated return to competition was two to three months later.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, October 10th, 2022, Justice Blay announced his injury situation on his official Twitter handle, @JusticeBlay, he stated, &#8220;Excited to be back for group training with the squad, thanks to the club officials, technical team, teammates, medical team, supporters etc for the support. Only One Fabulous!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/55db7624d9be4ecea58f65bf167d40b1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He made his debut game appearance for Seydou Zerbo as the current coach on Wednesday in the second half of a friendly match against Techiman Liberty. By a score of five to one, Kotoko prevailed.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Dickson Afoakwa, Emmanuel Sarkodie, Patrick Asmah, Ricky Dwamena, and many more members of the team, Justice Blay made his debut in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Z\u00e9z\u00e9, Steve Mukwala, Oppong Neymar, Ricky Dwamena, and Patrick Asmah are the team&#8217;s goal scorers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1fc6cb87304e43ed9049875afc8d6529\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: atspo.com (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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