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Kumasi Asante Kotoko coach Maxwell Konadu has lamented his team’s poor conversion rate in games that have seen the team struggle to record narrow wins this season.
Konadu believes that his forwards must start working tirelessly to improve their scoring rate as they look to make a significant impact in national competitions and on the continental stage.
“It’s not easy but we can also agree with our forwards that at least they are scoring. Looking ahead, we must do much more work to improve our score rate.
Kotoko has failed to score more than one goal in all competitions this season, and in Ghana’s Premier League he has posted 1-1 draws with Techiman Eleven Wonders and Berekum Chelsea, followed by a 1-0 win over Legon Cities on Saturday. past.
Coach Konadu’s leading forwards like Ibrahim Osman, Emmanuel Gyamfi and Evans Adomako among others have not lived up to expectations in the Porcupine Warriors setup with abysmal performances.
Osman’s first-half goal against Legon Cities at the Accra Stadium last Friday makes him Kotoko’s top scorer with two goals in the national campaign so far, with the rest of the team’s forwards scoring a goal for him. team.
Despite relief from recording their first league win, coach Konadu said he was looking to work on the team’s shooting power ahead of the first round of the CAF Champions League, the first leg with Al Hilal. Omdurman from Sudan December 22-23 at home.
He had no illusions that his team’s low scoring rate was a headache and a responsibility that needed to be addressed quickly if they wanted to break through in the league and also perform well in Africa’s premier interclub competition.
He told the media that the top flight league was tough and that his team had to be deadly to win it.
“It’s a tough league and I know we have to do much better if we want to win it,” said coach Konadu.
Similarly, Kotoko managed to score just one goal in the Champions League when he led Mauritania team FC Nouadhibou to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the preliminary round in Nouakchott, with Ibrahim’s goal scoring them. gave a vital away advantage against the Mauritanians. failed to team up for the second leg in Accra amid the COVID-19 controversy.
Ahead of his continental preliminary second-round tie with Al Hilal, Kotoko will host the Accra Grand Olympics in the national league with coach Konadu focused on getting his charges to start firing.
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