{"id":10096,"date":"2024-05-27T12:38:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T12:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=10096"},"modified":"2024-05-27T12:38:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T12:38:56","slug":"needed-to-contain-them-catch-them-on-the-break-kotoko-coach-talks-tactics-after-beating-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=10096","title":{"rendered":"Needed to contain them, catch them on the break- Kotoko coach talks tactics after beating Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting Club head coach, Dr. Prosper Narteh Ogum, has highlighted the tactical moves his club made to beat big rival Accra Hearts of Oak for the second time in the 2023-2024 Ghana Premier League season.<\/p>\n

He said this in his post -game interview after Kotoko beat Hearts 2-0 at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi with both goals coming from striker Steven Dese Mukwala.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ogum praised Mukwala for his brace in the clash and commended the Ugandan player for living up to expectation before touching on the tactical adjustments that got his team the win over Hearts.<\/a> (Click highlighted text to read full story)<\/p>\n

\u201cObserving them play most of their matches, we realized that we need to contain them and then catch them on the break and if you look at the first goal, that\u2019s exactly what happened and even the second goal too, it was the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kotoko v Hearts
Photo Courtesy: Ghana Premier League
\nSteven Mukwala Photo Courtesy: Asante Kotoko<\/p>\n

Kotoko beat Hearts of Oak 3-2 in the first leg; Hearts have lost four of their last five league games to drop to 15th place in the 18 team league standings.<\/p>

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