Accra Hearts of Oak forward Ashittey Ollenu sees the upcoming Presidents’ Cup match as another opportunity to win a trophy with the Phobians, and, is anticipating another success.
In last year’s edition of the annual one-off challenge cup game, Ollenu was part of the Hearts squad that defeated arch rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Accra Sports Stadium to lift the trophy.
The Phobians have been picked to defend their trophy against the same opposition in Accra on Friday, 1 July, 2016, and, it represents another opportunity for them to confirm their dominance over Kotoko in cup finals.
After starting the season with some worrying injury problems, Ollenu found his rhythm in the later part of the first round of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) season, and, played some crucial roles in seeing Hearts finish fourth at the half way point of the campaign, just two points behind the leaders.
“The Presidents’ Cup game with Asante Kotoko is very important to us, and, we will approach it with all seriousness as we aim to defend the trophy we won last season,” Ollenu told the club’s official newspaper, the Hearts News.
“It’s another opportunity to win some silverware this season, and, we will seek to make the most of this advantage and prove that we are indeed a cup winning team.”
Hearts lost to the Porcupines (0-1) in the first round of the GPL this season, and, that is something that is also on the mind of Ollennu and his colleagues.
“We lost to them in the league and that was unfortunate as we believe we did enough to have taken something out of that game,” he said, adding that the players have put that setback behind them and will approach the Presidents’ Cup game with renewed spirits hoping to make their fans happy.
“I want to see our fans in the stadium on 1 July and, I am confident that we will produce the required performance that will see us retain the trophy we won last year”.
“All that we seek is to make the fans happy and, if they are happy, then we (the players) are happy”. They should therefore support us at all times, and, we will strive hard to make them happy on any occasion”.
The Presidents’ Cup which is organized by the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), and is a one-off cup game played in honour in Ghana’s sitting President at any time. It is played on 1 July each year which is Ghana’s Republic Day.
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