{"id":100212,"date":"2023-09-16T08:35:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T08:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/16\/rtu-score-late-to-shock-hearts-of-oak-in-season-opener\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T08:35:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T08:35:22","slug":"rtu-score-late-to-shock-hearts-of-oak-in-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/16\/rtu-score-late-to-shock-hearts-of-oak-in-season-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"RTU score late to shock Hearts of Oak in season opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"431\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-15-205928-696x431.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2023-09-15 205928\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">RTU players<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Real Tamale United (RTU) has stunned Hearts of Oak by a lone goal in the 2023\/24 Ghana Premier League season opener on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>RTU hosted Hearts of Oak at the Aliu Mahama Stadium in the opener of the campaign in the matchday one fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>The home side started the game very well but could not find the back of the net to end the first half of the game goalless.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>After recess, Hearts of Oak, who had intense preseason\u00a0pushed for the equaliser but the home team\u2019s defense proved to be too strong to break down.<\/p>\n<p>Late in added time, Real Tamale United stunned the visitors when Owusu Afriyie headed home from a corner kick to seal the win for the home side.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>It is the first game of the season and the first defeat of the season for the Phobians.<\/p>\n<p>New head coach, Martin Koopman will be returning to Accra with his lads empty-handed to prepare for the next round of games.<\/p>\n<p>RTU will travel to Sunyani to play Bofoakwa Tano as Hearts of Oak host Nsoatreman FC all in the matchday two games next weekend.<\/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=\"26XPhhGzmxM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kpong-Akosombo Dams: Compensates comm. which sacrificed for Ghana\u2019s collective benefit (15-9-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/26XPhhGzmxM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RTU players Real Tamale United (RTU) has stunned Hearts of Oak by a lone goal in the 2023\/24 Ghana Premier League season opener on Friday night. 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