We Were Determined To End Our Poor Away Run – WAFA Goalkeeper

Razak Abalorah has said his West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) side was determined to end their poor away run in this season’s Ghana Premier League (GPL) when they played Accra Hearts of Oak last Wednesday in Accra.

Prior to that encounter, the academy lads had lost all their three away games by a similar margin (0-1) to Berekum Chelsea, Aduana Stars and Dreams FC, and, the goalkeeper said they were determined to halt that run going into this game.

The Academy lads frustrated the Phobians to a 1-1 stalemate at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra to record their first away point of the season.

“We were determined not to lose this one,” he said after the game, adding that they will build on this performance in their subsequent away games.

“Our game plan worked for us as we did not them to settle into any rhythm that could make them trouble us on the day,” he added, insisting that they did everything possible to win but Hearts fought back to earn a draw.

WAFA opened the scoring in the first half through Charles Boateng before Cosmos Dauda leveled for the Phobians in the second as the spoils were shared.

They will next play Ebusua Dwarfs at Sogakope on Sunday before heading to Bechem to play Bechem United in their next GPL away game the week after.

We Were Determined To End Our Poor Away Run – WAFA Goalkeeper

We"re Ready For Any Team - Samartex FC

GN Bank Division One club and giant killer’s of Accra Hearts of Oak in the FA Cup competition, Samartex FC has cautioned the remaining clubs to be wary when they are paired against them in the next round of the MTN FA Cup competition.

The Samreboi based club made the headlines during an action packed weekend in the competition when they eliminated high-flying Ghana Premier League club, Accra Hearts of Oak from this year’s competition on a 5-4 penalty scoreline.

Simpson Darko, Welfare and Operations Manager of Samartex FC in a post match interview after their giant slaying of one of Ghana’s biggest club’s, warned the the remaining 15-clubs on how worried they should be when facing them in the next round of the competition.

He said, “we eliminated Hearts of Oak and played the full duration without conceding against their potent attack and finished the job with a penalty shoot-out win”.

“We are prepared to meet any team and no matter the venue, we are ready to beat them and march on to the next stage,” he added.

We"re Ready For Any Team - Samartex FC

We"re Fixing Our Defensive Frailties - Hearts

Accra Hearts of Oak Japanese-American coach, Kenichi Yatsuashi has told Sportscrusader.com that he has been doing extra work with the defensive side of his team.

Hearts prior to their Match-Day Seven encounter of the Ghana Premier League (GPL), had conceded five goals in two games contrary to the no goal conceded in their opening two games of the 2015/16 season.

And this Coach Kenichi said, got him worried and needed to do extra work on the defensive frailties of the team.

Speaking to Sportscrusader.com the Japanese said, “we have put a lot of effort into the defensive tactics of our game. We are happy with the goalless draw against Techiman City last Sunday, but, it does not mean we are perfect just yet and we are still improving in each game.

Hearts will meet minnows, Samartex FC in an MTN FA Cup round of 32 clash this weekend.

We"re Fixing Our Defensive Frailties - Hearts