Tuesday, 18 February 2014

PREPARATION IS KEY IN FOOTBALL-MAXWELL KONADU




Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko head coach Maxwell Konadu has lashed out a special advice to local teams in Ghana, especially those participating in Africa saying local teams should make it a point to prepare very well ahead of games.

This came as a results of the shocking elimination of local champions Asante Kotoko in the CAF Champions league by Liberia side Barrack Young Controllers (BYC).

“ Now a days football is everywhere, and the teams that are preparing very well are doing well. So you just need to prepare well or else you will be booted out. Ahly are doing it, Zamalek are doing it just because they prepare and prepare very well”.

 “And one factor to is they play together for a very long time. You know they are always reluctant to move out as compared to us (Ghanaians), so they get the boys for some time. They keep them together for a longer period so they do well in Africa but is not the same here”. He told SPORTS LOUNGE.

Three of Ghana’s teams in Africa made it to the next round CAF Champions league and Confederation cup, thus Chelsea, Medeama and Dwarfs leaving Kotoko the only side failing advance to the next round in this year’s Champions League.

Asante Kotoko on a second consecutive occasion were knocked out in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions league on the away goal rule after losing 0-1 to BYC in Monrovia on Sunday.

This means Kotoko have failed to get to the group stage ever since they did that way back 2006.



By Frank Darkwah
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