{"id":24906,"date":"2023-03-05T20:44:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T20:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/05\/konadu-yiadom-scores-as-hearts-of-oak-humble-asante-kotoko\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T20:44:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T20:44:06","slug":"konadu-yiadom-scores-as-hearts-of-oak-humble-asante-kotoko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/05\/konadu-yiadom-scores-as-hearts-of-oak-humble-asante-kotoko\/","title":{"rendered":"Konadu Yiadom scores as Hearts of Oak humble Asante Kotoko"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hearts of Oak won the 2023 President\u2019s Cup with a hard-fought 1-0 win over ris Asante Kotoko on Sunday afternoon in Accra.<\/p>\n

President Nana Akufo-Addo witnessed the game, which was also a league encounter between the two sides.<\/p>\n

The three points lifted the Phobians to 4th on the league table with only their 2nd win in five games and gave them their 6th President\u2019s Cup title.<\/p>\n

The two teams started frenetically, with end-to-end action dominating the first 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

Asante Kotoko fired the first warning of the game when Stephen Mukwala fired a one-on-one opportunity over the bar from inside the box. It was a rather disappointing finish from a promising situation.<\/p>\n

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Moments later, Benjamin Yorke found himself free on the other end for the Phobians, but his effort, when one-on-one with the goalkeeper, was saved by Danlad Ibrahim\u2014a combination of poor finishing and great goalkeeping saving the Porcupine Warriors.<\/p>\n

Opportunities dried out by the half-hour mark when both teams settled into the game, sandwiched by a moment of chaos when a melee ensued following a Richmond Ayi tackle on Mukwala. Moments before that, Yorke\u2019s finish had been ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n

Moments before the break, the tempo of the game picked up and Enock Morrison fired a shot over before feeble efforts by Linda Mtange and Yorke were calmly collected by Danlad as the game headed into the break in a stalemate.<\/p>\n

After the break, Hearts of Oak found the opening goal through Konadu Yiadom\u2019s fabulous header into the far post, connecting beautifully from an Mtange set piece.<\/p>\n

Kotoko pressed for the equalizer from then on and dominated possession, but it was the Phobians who found openings on the break, all of which were wasted.<\/p>\n

With time running out, Sherif Mohammed\u2019s header cannoned off the underside of the crossbar and back out. It was the closest the Porcupine Warriors had come to a goal all game.<\/p>\n

Kotoko piled on incessant pressure in the last 5 minutes of the game plus an additional 6 minutes of injury time and had a late penalty appeal turned down, much to the delight of their fans as Hearts of Oak held on for the win.<\/p>\n

The win is the Phobians\u2019 2nd in 6 league games and move them above Kotoko into 4th on the league table.<\/p>\n

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