{"id":158318,"date":"2024-03-04T10:41:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/04\/its-very-difficult-to-play-against-the-wind-bashir-hayford-reacts-to-heart-of-lions-loss-to-olympics\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:41:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:41:31","slug":"its-very-difficult-to-play-against-the-wind-bashir-hayford-reacts-to-heart-of-lions-loss-to-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/04\/its-very-difficult-to-play-against-the-wind-bashir-hayford-reacts-to-heart-of-lions-loss-to-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s very difficult to play against the wind- Bashir Hayford reacts to Heart of Lions loss to Olympics \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kpando Heart of Lions head coach, Bashir Hayford, has seemingly blamed windy conditions for his team\u2019s 2-0 loss to Accra Great Olympics in the Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The GPL matchup was played out at the WAFA Park with Olympics\u2019 forward Yusif Abdul Razak scoring a brace to settle the tie. Razak scored in the sixth and 63<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0minute respectively.<\/p>\n<p>After picking up a big win over Kumasi Asante Kotoko in the previous round that had coach Hayford brag about his impressive record against the Porcupine Warriors,\u00a0Hayford blamed the natural elements for the loss in the post game interview. (Click highlighted text to read full story)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe performance wasn\u2019t bad only that I told you from the beginning that the only disadvantage is the wind. It is very difficult to play against the wind and even for the wind. The second goal, it (the ball) bounced and changed position. It\u2019s difficult but I think the boys have done very well\u2026we played very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_581042\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Hayford.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581042\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kpando Heart of Lions head coach Bashir Hayford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_581482\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Oly-Kpando-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581482\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Olympics (blue and white) v Kpando Heart of Lions Photo Credit: @GhanaLeague on X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Heart of Lions missed out on winning back to back games with the loss to Olympics.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-153.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-833035\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kpando Heart of Lions head coach, Bashir Hayford, has seemingly blamed windy conditions for his team\u2019s 2-0 loss to Accra Great Olympics in the Ghana Premier League. 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