Mighty Royals Hope To Cause MTN FA Cup Upset At Wa

Wamanafo Mighty Royals will hope to cause a huge upset in the round of 16 ties of the MTN FA Cup competition when they visit the home of Wa All Stars on Sunday.

Royals are flying high in the GN Bank Division One League in Zone One as they chase a spot in the top-flight next season, and, have been impressive in the knockout competition so far.

It will be a huge upset if they are able to beat All Stars at the Wa Stadium on Sunday as the home side has been very dominant at that venue over the last few seasons.

And playing against the premiership side, Royals will have to punch above their weight to be in contention of knocking out their more illustrious opponents from the competition.

All Stars have targeted winning silverware this season, in either the League or Cup competition and will mount a massive assault on this game with a place in the last eight assured for the winner.

It should therefore be a good game to savour for fans in the Upper West region with the possibility of a shock not been ruled out entirely.

Mighty Royals Hope To Cause MTN FA Cup Upset At Wa

Rampant Mighty Warriors lift 2016 Keta Cup

Keta based side Havedzi Mighty Warriors defeated Kogi Confluence from Nigeria 2-0 in a exhilarating encounter at the Aborigines Beach Soccer Arena to win the 2nd edition of the Keta Cup.

The tournament featured the likes of Kogi Confluence (Nigeria),  Team Bricks (Togo) as well as last year’s champions Owibeseb Beach Soccer Club (Nigeria) as part of the Easter celebrations.

Mighty Warriors capitalized on the home support to edge their spirited Nigerians in a thrilling 2-0 win in the final of the tournament’s second edition.

Most Valuable Player of the tournament and Havedzi winger, Alfred Torsu reveled in the dominant performance from his team mates ahead of the resumption of the domestic beach soccer league where they are billed to take on stern rivals Sunset.

“It is going to psyche us up psychologically because we were able to beat them over here and last season when we met them we beat them so we know their weaknesses and if we meet them again we can overcome them again” he told sportscrusader.com.

Experience trainer for the Nigeria National Beach soccer team and head coach of the Kogi Confluence, Ejo Aludo, tagged the triumph over his side as a result of the continual presence of beach soccer league.

Also addressing the media, Nigeria Beach  Soccer National Team and Kogi Confluence coach Awudu Ejo  Adamu said the fact that Ghana has an active Beach soccer league has improved their game.

 

“Really the game is good because Ghana play a league and Nigeria doesn’t,” he said.

“My team Kogi Confluence is situated in the North of Nigeria and we don’t have a beach, we have to travel seven hours to Badagry to come train and that was three days before this competition which isn’t enough,” he added.

 

He however says he had his reservations about officiating during the tournament and suggests tournament organisers  update officials on the latest FIFA rules.

“There are some new rules and maybe these rules are not yet available to some officials.

May be FIFA has sent it but the referee could have  collected it from the GFA”, the Nigerian said.

The Ghana Beach Soccer league resumes next week after the Easter break.

Rampant Mighty Warriors lift 2016 Keta Cup