February 14

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DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2018
GFA, Great
Olympics case
adjourned to Feb. 21
BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH
GHANA FOOT-
BALL is set for
some interesting
times ahead after
an Accra High
Court adjourned
to Wednesday, February 21, 2018 a
case in which Accra Great
Olympics have filed a suit against
the Ghana Football Association regarding
their demotion to the
country's second-tier league.
The two parties were represented
by their lawyers yesterday.
Great Olympics are challenging
their relegation from the country's
elite division claiming Bechem
United fielded an unqualified
player during their league match
against Elmina Sharks last season.
The club secured an injunction
on the league originally billed to
start last weekend.
The latest standoff means the
delay start of the league will continue
unabated until a resolution is
reached between the two parties.
•Felix Annan
Supporters should
remain hopeful— Annan
•Some players of Accra
Great Olympics
ASANTE KOTOKO’S
safest pair of hands, Felix
Annan has given the
teeming supporters of the
club some words of hope
that Kotoko will still qualify
to the next stage of
the CAF Confederation
Cup in spite of recording
a slim victory at home
against CARA Brazzaville.
The former West
Africa Football Academy
goalkeeper believed that
all is not lost yet, therefore
supporters of the
club should not give up
but rather rally behind the
team.
The 2017 MTN FA
Cup champions won 1-0
against CARA Brazzaville
in the first leg of the preliminary
stage of CAF
Confederation Cup at the
Baba Yara Sports Stadium.
Commenting on the
possibility of qualifying at
the expense of CARA
Brazzaville in an interview,
Annan said, “The
supporters should not be
discouraged by the results.
We really played our
hearts out but what was
destined to occur happened.
All is not lost yet,
we have the men to battle
for qualifications in the
second leg.”
The Porcupine Warriors
is expected to leave
for Congo on Wednesday
to honour the second leg.
Kotoko resumes training today
ASANTE KOTOKO Sporting
Club will commence their
frantic preparations ahead of
the intriguing second leg encounter
with nine-times Congolese
Champions Club
Athletique Renaissance Aiglon
(CARA) at Brazzaville in the
preliminary round of CAF
Confederation Cup at the
Adako Jachie training complex
this morning.
Kotoko on Sunday pipped
CARA by a lone goal at the
Baba Yara Sports Stadium in
the first leg of the Confederation
Cup.
Former AshantiGold
striker Yakubu Mohammed
came off the bench to convert
a late penalty to hand his
side a much-needed victory
after three penalties have been
unfathomably squandered by
Sadick Adams, Amos Frimpong
and Baba Mahama.
The second leg fixture
which is expected to be played
on Wednesday, February 22,
2018 will be a herculean hurdle
for Kotoko to climb.
Last Sunday, put up one of
the breathtaking performance
in recent times but failed to
realise more goals to make the
second leg a mere formality
but English trainer, Steve Polack
believes that, with the
brilliant performance put up
by his lads in the first leg,
there is still hope that they
will secure qualification
against CARA Brazzaville in
their own backyard if they are
able to repeat that and even
more.
Today's recovery training
session is expected to last for
an hour after the players were
given two-days off duty.
•Kotoko line-up