Hearts "Never Say Die" Good For Team - Herbert

Inter Allies head coach, Herbert Addo says Accra Hearts of Oak motto, ‘Never Say Die Until the Bones Are Rotten’ is good for the club.

A spirited comeback in their 2-3 win over Inter Allies on Match Week Five of the Ghana Premier league at the Tema sports stadium was eulogised by the veteran coach.

He believes the attitude of not accepting defeat, is what will make the team achieve their targets.

“Hearts have improved…judging them from the first half when they were not even touching the ball, and the way they came back strongly into the game, I think the ‘Never Say Die’ attitude won them the game and I commend them for that. That’s very good for a team and we (Inter Allies) need that too,” Herbert Addo said in post-match press conference.

In the dying embers of the game, Hearts of Oak controlled every aspect of play, and their dominance paid dividends. Herbert Addo reckon experience on the part of their players was key to their success in the game.

He was happy with his team’s output, but bemoaned lack of experience on the part of his players.

“We have a very good team, but if you have team with very good players, you need experienced players too to complement your squad to control the game, but we lack that against a team with experienced players.

“We all came for three points, we controlled the game for longer periods, scored and they used their experience to get the winning goal in a very nice match.” He noted.

Hearts "Never Say Die" Good For Team - Herbert

I. Allies Suspectes Foul Play In League Defeat

Inter Allies suspect something fishy happened between their goalkeeper and Accra Hearts of Oak in their 3-2 loss to the Phobians in their Match-Day Five fixture of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) on Sunday.

Goalkeeper Kwame Baah came on late for the second half and Willie Klutse, Technical Director of the club, alleges he suspects some Hearts of Oak officials might have influenced him which eventually led to them surrendering a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2.

The U-20 goalkeeper was on holiday until Hearts of Oak pounced late on to  record the win which saw them maintain their unbeaten start to the campaign as they lead the GPL standing.

Two of the goals he conceded by the goalkeeper, raised eyebrows for the Ghana youth international.

And Willie Klutse who was in the stands to watch his side suffer their first home defeat of the season, believes some fishy deals might have occurred during recess of that game.

“Before the second half, the goalkeeper was discussing issues of choice of jersey with the match officials and I don’t get it,” the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations winner told Accra based, Asempa FM.

“When he went to change his shirt in the dressing room, he came late and I am still wondering what he was doing there,’ he added.

“He delayed for about four minutes and I suspect that something went on in the dressing room when he went in to change his jersey, I can’t conclude but I need to find out what really kept him in the dressing room when his colleagues were already on the pitch, “he said.

“We will meet today in this and other issues, and, answers would be demanded on what happened,” he stated.

I. Allies Suspectes Foul Play In League Defeat

Kenichi Happy With Players

Accra Hearts of Oak head coach, Kenichi Yatsuhashi has heaped praises on his players for their hard fought win over Inter Allies.

The Phobians came from 2 goals down to beat Inter Allies 3-2 at the Tema sports stadium on Sunday.

And elated Yatsuhashi praised the output of his players for a win against a difficult side who made things tough for them.

“We struggled in the first half, things didn’t go our way as we planned, and I have to give a lot of credit to our opponents. They are a very strong side and I think they deserve the credit,” the Japanese-American trainer told the press after the game.

“We changed some things in the second half and things were still not going our way, but the players made the impossible possible. It is their win, and not my win,” he said.

The 46-year-old lacked adjectives to describe his feelings after the game.

“There are no words to explain. We made some little tactical changes, but to very fair, either team could have won the game. I think we were lucky today, but to be lucky, we had to make a lot of effort and our players did very well,” he added.

Kenichi Happy With Players