By: Jerome Otchere

Date: 14-10-11

Irrespective of how prepared Ashantigold will come to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium for Sunday’s Glo Premier League match away to Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Coach Maxwell Konadu has promised to give the Obuasi based team a tough time that would see winning the three points at stake in the crunch game.

The Kotoko coach said in an interview on Wednesday that his team was fully prepared to give Ashantigold difficulties on the field of play arguing that the Obuasi side should forget about winning the match.

Sunday’s encounter is Kotoko’s first home match of the new season. Maxwell Konadu told Kotoko Express that his players have been training well and thinking of nothing apart from victory. The coach said he has been impressed with the performance of his players at the training ground. Coach Maxwell Konadu made these comments after Wednesday’s 1-1 draw against lower division side, Yegoala FC at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

The stubborn division one side was first to score but Kotoko cancelled the lead through striker, Nafiu Idrissu whose work rate, Coach Maxwell Konadu described as remarkable. “He scored a beautiful goal. Apart from that he performed well. The performance of the team has given us another dimension into the quality we have. We are looking forward to great things in the season” said the Kotoko technical handler.

Wednesday’s match, it must be put on record, saw a completely different Kotoko squad on parade. None of the players fielded in the Tema league match last Sunday was featured and the performance exhibited by the “new young team” was a source joy for the Kotoko coach.