{"id":246101,"date":"2024-11-05T15:48:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/kotoko-coach-explains-lions-loss\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T15:48:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:48:31","slug":"kotoko-coach-explains-lions-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/kotoko-coach-explains-lions-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotoko Coach Explains Lions Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Prosper Narteh Ogum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asante Kotoko coach,\u00a0Prosper Narteh Ogum, has blamed\u00a0his side\u2019s recent 1-0 loss to Heart of Lions to\u00a0fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>The loss in Obuasi is Kotoko\u2019s second consecutive defeat, and ends their unbeaten home record.<\/p>\n<p>The coach explained in a post-match interview that the players were exhausted from extensive travel and a demanding schedule, after playing three matches in a week.<\/p>\n<p>He told the media, \u201cWe looked very tired on the field. The stress of the journey from Kumasi to Anyinase is about nine hours; we played on Sunday and then travelled another ten hours to Accra. After that, we played on Wednesday and had to travel all the way from Accra back to Kumasi. You could see they were tired. It was fatigue that affected our performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following this defeat,\u00a0Kotoko has dropped to third place in the league standings with 15 points.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko next face\u00a0Bechem United\u00a0in the competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Kofi Owusu Aduonum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosper Narteh Ogum \u00a0 Asante Kotoko coach,\u00a0Prosper Narteh Ogum, has blamed\u00a0his side\u2019s recent 1-0 loss to Heart of Lions to\u00a0fatigue. The loss in Obuasi is Kotoko\u2019s second consecutive defeat, and ends their unbeaten home record. 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