By: David Kyei

Date: 07-06-11

Despite having led his charges to achieve a triple feat at Tarkwa, ie, destroy Mediama FC’s home invincibility, exact vengeance for the week one loss to them, and finally overtaking Mediama for the second spot on the 2010/11 Glo Premier League, Serbian trainer, Bogdan Korak, has told Kotoko Express that he is not satisfied.

He says he is happy that he has been able to move Kotoko from the fourteenth position he came to meet to the second position, but his dissatisfaction sterns from the fact that there was nothing concrete to show for his efforts.

“Where is the trophy to show that yes Bogdan Korak has been successful?” he asked.

“I am happy today because we are second at the end of the league, but I tell you, my satisfaction and joy will only be achieved when I have a trophy to show for my work at Kotoko”.

“Since the league trophy has already been won by Chelsea, I can only target the MTN FA Cup which is still up for grabs. It is only when I have won that trophy that I would be satisfied. Until that is achieved, it is going to be work, work and work”.

This was how Coach Korak chose to philosophize about the daunting work he and his charges have to do ahead of their semi-finals MTN FA Cup match against a yet to be determined opponent.

As quickly as he could, he told Kotoko Express that the sweet victory over Mediama FC would be celebrated for only a short time.

“We had a fantastic game against Mediama and I am happy that we have won, but that is just going to be for a day because I have a bigger target on my hands that I am not toying with at all”.

“I therefore want to take this opportunity to thank members of my technical team for their good job that has brought us o this very level that we are. I also thank management for their support and their backing and wants to remind all that the job is not finished yet. We have the MTN FA Cup match to win and that’s what we all have to direct our attention on”.

Pressed on further, he said he approached the Mediama match purely on tactical grounds with nothing like vengeance on his mind.

According to him, that was the only way he could take pressure off his players to enable them fully concentrate on the task ahead of them.

“Winning last Sunday’s match was an important task we needed to approach and win without pressure coming to bear on the players. We therefore strategized that we enter the match as though it was the first leg and we needed to win to put fear in the rest of our opponents”.

“I am happy that my players responded to the call and went on to play a good game that gave us the much needed points to take us to the second position. I am grateful to my players and hope that they continue with their winning ways to put an end to the supporter disaffection that we currently have on our hands after the last two defeats we suffered,” he said.

The match saw the players giving their all but there was a particular player he consistently mentioned for commendation for his impressive response to his call for duty.

“Last Sunday was my first time of starting Soulama Abdoulaye in a competitive match and we were all witnesses to the impressive performance he put up”.

“He stood tall and showed a lot of maturity in the match by keeping a calm composure and making the right saves at the right time. I am happy that he has justified my confidence in him. He needs to do more of this performance and Kotoko will be safe with the keepers we have”.

Before the match, many were the opinion that the soggy nature of the pitch was going to inform the referees to postpone the match to a day that would be dry enough for action, but that did not happen.

Coach Korak’s team played their hearts out, braved the storm and went on to win, but the coach believes it was not an important topic for him to comment on the pitch they played their match on.

“I believe the PLG/GFA have seen the nature of the pitch we played on. I therefore reserve my comment and leave them the chance to concentrate and think about how best they can move Ghana football forward,” he added.