{"id":998909,"date":"2022-02-21T14:24:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/21\/asante-kotoko-players-cautioned-ahead-of-second-round\/"},"modified":"2022-02-21T14:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:24:01","slug":"asante-kotoko-players-cautioned-ahead-of-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/21\/asante-kotoko-players-cautioned-ahead-of-second-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Asante Kotoko players cautioned ahead of second round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FMDi2HmXEAc2vWI-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Kotoko coach congratulating players after Hearts of Oak game\" title=\"Kotoko coach congratulating players after Hearts of Oak game\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kotoko coach congratulating players after Hearts of Oak game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asante Kotoko coach Prosper Narteh has cautioned his players to\u00a0avoid complacency in their quest to annex the Ghana Premier League title ahead of the second round of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds ended the first round of the domestic top-flight as league leaders with 37 after holding their rivals, Hearts of Oak to a\u00a00-0 draw\u00a0on Sunday at the Accra Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>At the post-match conference, Prosper Ogum noted his side must guide against complacency and stay focused in the bid to win the title at the end of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will step up our performance in the second round, where we\u2019ve gotten to if you look at the way they played there is a lot of quality in the players, a lot of talents in the players so we going to step up our training and the way we do things and am sure we will play better in the second round.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have another round of 17 games to go, so it is not over, we need to stay focused, we don\u2019t have to be complacent, we have to take it game by game and that is what we\u2019ve been doing from day one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this game is gone and it is the beginning of our next game, we will go home and prepare and make sure that we get the job done when we play at Kumasi,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asante Kotoko will host Dreams FC in the matchday 18 games this weekend at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.<\/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=\"NxuDihHS3kM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tamale Fire: Inferno destroys properties worth millions of cedis - Badwam News on Adom TV (21-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NxuDihHS3kM?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>Kotoko coach congratulating players after Hearts of Oak game Asante Kotoko coach Prosper Narteh has cautioned his players to\u00a0avoid complacency in their quest to annex the Ghana Premier League title ahead of the second round of the season. 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