My Pastor Hasn"t Cursed The Starlets - Oti Akenteng

My Pastor Hasn’t Cursed The Starlets Else Would Be Surprise – Oti Akenteng

Ex-Black Starlets playmaker, Awudu Issaka on Friday made an astonishing revelation on exactly what the was the success ingredient behind their triumph in Ecuador in 1995.

 

 

Ghana won the trophy that year for the second time after previously winning in 1991 though many believed the success was due to hard-work, the former RSC Anderlecht midfielder, Issaka believes spiritual backing from one Pastor Acquah Issac is or perhaps was the reason why they won the trophy.

 

Issaka who returned to play in one last time int the Ghana premier league before hanging up his boots believes the current Ghana Black Starlets are suffering as a result of a curse evoked on the team by the pastor after failing to appreciate the spiritual assistance he offered the team.

 

Coach Oti Akenteng who is currently the Technical Director of the Ghana Football Association, a position he has risen to after years of dedicated service to the development of football and was the assistant coach to head coach, Kwesi Afranie has debunked the revelations from his old player.

 

In an interview with Boss fm 93.7 in Kumasi, Oti Akenteng said, “I don’t believe pastor Isaac Acquah – whose  church I fellowship then has cursed the black Starlets. The Starlets aren’t faring well because of poor performance and not for spiritual reasons.”

 

“In my candid opinion and regular communication with the pastor he hasn’t mentioned anything to me. The Ecuador 95 team didn’t promise anyone anything to warrant a curse.  If Awudu says that’s what he heard then I’ll be very disappointed in the man of God if indeed he has cursed the team but until then treat as hear-say,” he added.

 

 

Oti Akenteng is currently part of a team of technical handlers joining current head coach of the U-17, Paa Kwesi Fabian embarking on a nationwide hunt to discover the next generation of talents to represent the nation.

My Pastor Hasn"t Cursed The Starlets - Oti Akenteng

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Ghana FA technical director Francis Oti Akenteng has cooled off talks by former starlets player, Awudu Isaaka claiming the technical team and the playing body of the victorious 95 squad that conquered the world of football at the FIFA U-17 world cup in Ecuador failed to adhere to their side of the bargain after meeting a man-of-God before leaving for the tournament.

 

Awudu Issaka in an interview with Kumasi based, Boss FM had revealed spiritual assistance and favour the team enjoyed when they visited Pastor Acquah Isaac at his church before leaving Ghana for the tournament in Ecuador.

The skillful Issaka continued in his revelation that an agreement between the man of God and the technical handlers of the team – should the team succeed as the pastor had prophesized – the team should come back to his church and show appreciation – which the team didn’t.

 

Akenteng who was assistant manager to head coach Kwasi Afranie has rebuffed those claims of an agreement between them and the pastor. Speaking to Kumasi based Boss fm 93.7, ‘Nyame Ba’ – meaning child of God said, “we returned to Pastor Isaac after the world cup success in Ecuador 95 and thanked him for the prayers though I can’t recollect exactly what his prayer line was, he nonetheless showered upon us before we departed.”

 

“Posing next to the trophy and taking pictures was enough as we’d no agreement with Pastor Acquah Isaac. I can say on authority we had no agreement to return the favour should the Starlets win the trophy,” he added.

 

The Black Starlets are reported to have been cursed since the last success but is yet to repeat that feat since then with the team recently serving a ban last year for fielding an unqualified player.

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The Current U-17 Is Cursed - Awudu Issaka

It’s Clear The Black Starlets Is Cursed – Awudu Issaka

The Ghana national U17 team, popularly referred to as the Black starlets have not won the FIFA U17 trophy since 1995 and former Black starlets player and a key member of the team that won Ghana’s last, Awudu Issaka knows why this barren run of trophy exists.

 

 

Awudu Issaka, 36, started his playing career with the youth team of record 23-times Ghana premier league champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko before signing for Prampram Mighty Royals FC in Ghana’s second division, where he already played for the first team at the age of fifteen.

 

The dribbling magician as he was nicknamed signed for Belgian side, RSC Anderlecht after the FIFA World Youth Championship and in an interview with Boss 93.7 fm in Kumasi revealed what he knows and believes is the reason why the recent Black starlets have not been successful since he last played in the 1995 winning team.

 

According to the former Liberty professionals play maker, “before the Ecuador 1995 FIFA U17 world cup, head coach, Oti Akenteng lead the playing body to visit a man of God at Akim-Oda for prayers (spiritual assistance – to help the team win the trophy) before leaving for the tournament.”

 

“After the tournament the Black starlets and the technical team failed to return to the man of God and show appreciation and the one-time creative midfielder believes it is why the Ecuador squad was not so successful.”

“I’ve cursed the players , he (the man of God) said. I (Awudu Issaka) believe Servant Isaac’s comment – he’s done’ with the team is a bare fact to what the current U17 team is experiencing. The thanks and appreciation he wanted in return was missing and I believe he’s still hurt,” he added.

 

Head coach, Paa Kwasi Fabian along with the technical head at the Ghana football association

The Current U-17 Is Cursed - Awudu Issaka

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Spirituality  Does Exist In Football – Awudu Issaka

Mallam Issaka Salia’s revelation alleging Rashid Sumaila is responsible for Jerry Akaminko’s career threatening injury pre-world cup 2014 in a friendly match against Netherlands has opened up closets of spiritual assistance seeked by heads of the national teams and its players.

 

Many have accused players called into the various national teams of consulting ‘black magic’ to help their course of retaining their spot when they are called up into the teams. Its been difficult to prove as many players refuse to comment on but in the long run do when things begin to fall apart in their life post footballing career.

 

Awudu Issaka, nicknamed the dribbling magician was a prominent member of the U17 team that brought Ghana glory in 1995 but his career that many predicted will be a fruitful and successful one didn’t go as planned.

In an interview with Kumasi based radio, Boss fm 93.7, Issaka revealed the secret behind their success story in Ecuador and why they were confident before the tournament even commenced.

“In 1995 before we travelled to Ecuador for the FIFA U-17 world cup, we visited a man of God named, Servant Isaac at Akim-Oda who fore-casted that we’ll win the tournament. He then cursed his Church to collapse should we return to Ghana without the FIFA U17 world cup trophy and this statement meant he (the man of God) knew what had seen,” he said.

 

“Upon arrival in Ghana with the trophy the playing body especially the players had deals outside and as a result the praise that he was expecting from us was absent and from thence he cursed the team and I made to believe it is a contributing factor to the current decline of the national U-17,” he added.

 

Ghana is yet to replicate the success story in 1991 and 1995.

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