January 12

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DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018
Mercy Tagoe
takes over
Black Queens
• As Dramani resigns
•David Accam
FORMER BLACK Queens
player, Mercy Tagoe, temporarily
takes charge of
the Female national team
as Didi Dramani is believed
to have secured an
offer from Danish side Nordsjaelland
to become their assistant coach and
has therefore resigned according to
FA sources.
Dramani’s exit as Black
Queens head coach comes
as a major blow to the
team ahead of the
African Women’s
Championship,
which will be staged
in Ghana.
However, assistant
coach Tagoe
has been told to
take charge of the
team as they begin
preparations for next
month’s WAFU
women’s cup.
The Black Queens will
assemble for camping ahead
of next month’s WAFU
Women’s Cup of Nations in Cote
d’Ivoire.
Ghana have been drawn against
hosts Ivory Coast, Niger and Burkina
Faso.
FC Nordsjælland will be the second
top-flight club Dramani will be
coaching after Asante Kotoko.
•Didi
Dramani
David Accam urges
Hearts of Oak to re-live
past performances
BLACK STARS winger
David Accam has urged the
leadership of Accra Hearts
of Oak to structure the
club well such that they can
re-live their glory days
again.
The former CAF Champions
League winners have
been struggling to win the
Ghana Premier League trophy
since 2009 and have
also been very inconsistent
with their technical department
within that period.
The Phobians failed to
end their trophy-less run
last season for finishing
third on the Ghana Premier
League table and also lost
the FA Cup trophy to
sworn rivals Asante Kotoko.
Accam says he believes
that if proper structures are
put in place, the club could
be unbeatable again as they
were some years back.
“I think we need to put a
lot of stuff in order if we
want to challenge for the
Premiership and be a force
to reckon with in Africa.
“We haven’t been to
Africa for a long time and I
can’t even remember the
last time we won the league
and that’s so bad,” he said.
“We need to do a lot
from top to down and look
more professional. I think
the leadership are doing
their best now but hopefully
this year will be ours.”
Hearts of Oak remain
the only club in the history
of Ghana to have won the
Premier League for a record
six consecutive times.
They can also boast of
winning the CAF Champions
League, the CAF Confederation
Cup and the
CAF Super Cup, an enviable
feat that no other club
in Ghana have equalled.
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I won’t lose any sleep over
the G8 tournament – Polack
HEAD COACH of Asante
Kotoko, Steven Polack,
has stated that he
will not lose any sleep if
he is unable to win the
ongoing G8 competition
after his side’s
shock 1-0 defeat at the
hands of Dreams FC.
Richard Addai’s well
taken goal on the stroke
of half time was
enough to snatch all
three points and upset
the fabulous club in Kumasi
on Wednesday.
The Porcupine Warriors
missed a golden
opportunity to draw
level in the game when
Frederick Boateng failed
to convert a penalty
awarded to them in the
65th minute.
Speaking to reporters
after the game, Polack
congratulated Dreams
FC and admitted they
were the better team on
the day. He lamented
his side’s lack of quality
in possession and said
he believes that was
where the game was
lost.
He stressed that the
tournament is a learning
curve for his players
and for him to assess
them with an eye on the
upcoming season.
“Its a pre-season
where you look at players,
it’s a tournament I
will like to win but I’m
not necessarily going to
lose any sleep over it if
I don’t win.”
Kotoko will come up
against Premier League
Champions Aduana in a
must-win game on Sunday
in the last round of
group matches. Ghanaguardian.com
•Steven Polack