{"id":56675,"date":"2023-04-10T11:56:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T11:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/10\/king-faisal-prioritizing-premier-league-stay-despite-fa-cup-heroics\/"},"modified":"2023-04-10T11:56:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T11:56:34","slug":"king-faisal-prioritizing-premier-league-stay-despite-fa-cup-heroics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/10\/king-faisal-prioritizing-premier-league-stay-despite-fa-cup-heroics\/","title":{"rendered":"King Faisal prioritizing Premier League stay despite FA Cup heroics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/download-4-696x522.png\"   alt=\"King Faisal\" title=\"King Faisal\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">King Faisal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Assistant coach of King Faisal, Godwin Ablordey has said the target of the club is to survive relegation in the ongoing\u00a0Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>King Faisal on Sunday booked a place in the semifinals of the MTN FA Cup following a hard-fought win against Aduana Stars in a quarterfinal game at the Dr Kwame Kyei Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p>The game ended 2-2 after 120 minutes of action. However, the home side secured a 3-1 win on penalty shootout to crash the Ghana Premier League leaders out of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Having booked a place in the final four, Ablordey said the main focus of the club is not the cup competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-10-110120.png\" alt=\"Godwin Ablordey\" class=\"wp-image-2237854\" width=\"697\" height=\"356\"  \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Godwin Ablordey<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not thinking about the FA Cup. I\u2019m thinking about the league because we have to stay in the league. FA Cup, when you are out, you can still play, so we are just concentrating on the league to make sure we stay in the league,\u201d he told StarTimes after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, this is our focus now. 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