GPL Match Report: Kotoko Held At Home

Kumasi Asante Kotoko kept their slim title hopes alive as they drew goalless at home to Berekum Chelsea.

With this draw, the Porcupine Warriors have leapfrogged their fierce rivals, Hearts of Oak, who were humiliated by three goals to one again, this time, by Bechem United.

Kotoko, as expected, started the game brightly, enjoyed good possession and created all the half goal chances.

And in the process, forced saves out of goalkeeper, John Mossi who at a point, had to stretch at full length to deny the Porcupine Warriors an opening goal.

With poor spectatorship, coach Michael Osei and his team appeared to be affected too as they laboured to break down a well-disciplined Solomon Odwo team.

The Blues have now picked four points off Kotoko this season. Whether or not it will affect Kotoko’s title hopes this season, remains to be seen.

GPL Match Report: Kotoko Held At Home

GPL Match Report: Hearts" Title Hopes Blown Off

Bechem United avenged their corresponding fixture result as they thumped Hearts by 3-goals to one at Bechem on Sunday afternoon.

The Hawks’ strongly-built forward, Abednego Tetteh had his scoring boots on as he scored twice in the first half and completed a very good afternoon shift with his hat-trick goal in the 83rd minute.

Coach Sergio Traguil’s men didn’t get going until the 33rd minute when Ollenu Ashitey and Isaac Mensah wove through a packed defence only to be robbed off the ball in the final third.

Coach Manuel Zacharia’s prediction of beating Hearts, should his side get fair officiating, materialised as, with three minutes to end the game, Tetteh scored his third.

Owusu Bempah scored in added time from a free kick but was only a consolatory one as the Phobians’ wait for a first league title since 2008 will extend into next season’s campaign.

GPL Match Report: Hearts" Title Hopes Blown Off

Sports Minister Brands Ghanasoccernet.com An Anti-football Development Site

Minister of Youth and Sports, Nii Lantey Vanderpuije has branded Ghanaian sports website, Ghanasoccernet.com an anti-football development site.

Ghanasoccernet.com, is a website much noted for criticizing heads of the various associations in football.

According to Hon. Vanderpuije, the website, owned by Communication Director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Saani Daara, is an anti-football development website.

The former sports broadcaster alleged that since he was appointed Sports Minister to replace Dr. Mustapha Ahmed in February, writers have written articles in an attempt to break him down, but he has promised them that the articles will only make him stronger and that he will respond to them at the appropriate time.

“Who owns Ghanasoccernet or whatever their name is?” Mr Vanderpuije quizzed in an interview with Accra-based radio station, Happy FM.

“Do they want the best for Ghana football? Since the time I was appointed until the time the Black Stars played Mozambique, they have written articles and features about me,” he said.

“They think writing such articles and features will break me down. I can also write, I can talk… all the things they are doing, I can do same and even better so their write ups can not break me and can never break me. It will rather make me stronger,” he boosted.

Nii Lantey Vanderpuje Said he won’t run away from any fight and promised to give them a response at the appropriate.

“I don’t run away from fights, they should continue with whatever they are doing,” he promised.

“But they can only do that at Ghanasoccernet. I will give them a response at the appropriate time. My response will be on a much bigger platform,” he stated.

Sports Minister Brands Ghanasoccernet.com An Anti-football Development Site