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After what had promised to be an entertaining match in Ghana’s new Premier League season in match week, one certainly lived up to the billing specifically the match between Ashanti Gold against Karela United, which was played at Obuasi. (Len clay) on Sunday. November 15, 2020.
The match officials were Gabriel O. Arhin with two assistants, Patrick Papala and Fuseini Mumuni, fourth official Mohammed Misbau and match commissioner Augustine Asante. Both had made some decent signings heading into the season.
The likes of Hans Kwofie, Stephen Owusu Banahene, Ampem Dacosta and Stephen Bentil, just to mention a few, were hired by Ashgold and on the other hand Karela United also had Umar Bashiru, Saddick Alhassan and the rest just to improve the team. after ranking 17th in the truncated league. Serbian tactician Milovan Cirkovic on Ashgold’s side started 4-2-3-1, that is, Bailou Mohammed, Frank Akoto, Samed Ibrahim, Richard Osei Agyemang, Abdul Bashiru, David Abagna, Appiah MacCarthy, Amos K. Nkrumah, Hans Kwofie and Mark Agyekum.
Karela’s coach Augustine Evans Adotey put his team into a 4-4-2 with Yaw Ansah Fufro, Shaibu Iddrisu, Kamaradini Mamudu, Kwadwo Addai, Godfred Yeboah Agyemang, Saddick Alhassan, Umar Bashiru, Evans Sarfo, Obed Kofi Sam , Diawisie Taylor and Richard Berko. Karela United started the game very well, controlling midfield and dictating the game through Umar Bashiru and Saddick Alhassan.
This control of the ball in the first half of the game gave Karela United their first goal in the 4th minute through his talisman Diawisie Taylor who found space between defenses with an exquisite pass from Evans Sarfo that slightly deflected Richard Osei Agyemang before Diawisie Taylor, who tapped twice into the penalty area and fired Mohammed Bailou’s pass straight into the back of the net with the ball making a slight deflection. Ashgold came in strong to equalize and take possession with Karela United changing to 4-2-3-1 with only Diawisie Taylor in the lead.
With possession taken by David Abagna, Appiah MacCarthy and Mark Agyemang, Ashgold landed a free kick within yards of the eighteen-yard box. Appiah MacCarthy got behind the ball, curving it only to be deflected by Umar Bashiru (who spun around), who went straight to the corner with Yaw Ansah doing nothing. That was an Ashgold draw in the 23rd minute.
As if that wasn’t enough, a quick transition pass to Abdul Bashiru from Appiah MacCarthy winning the ball in his half that saw a Kamaradini out of position and placed a pass to Abdul Bashiru down the left who without much pressure crossed the ball with precision to Spot captain of the day Hans Kwofie, who ran between Godfred and Kwadwo Addai to head the ball into the back of the net in the 45th minute. Ashgold led 2-1 at halftime. The second half started with intensity by Ashgold who got a counterattack in the 46th minute after stripping Karela United in the middle.
Good link between Appiah MacCarthy and Hans Kwofie who found Amos K. Nkrumah right in the box trying to make a loop to the far corner of Yaw Ansah but was deflected to a corner kick. In the 51st minute, Yaw Ansah saw a great save who had a one-on-one with Jacob Appau after a sweet one – two passes from Ashgold.
Karela United brought in Samuel Ofori who scored in the 59th minute after a beautiful pass from Umar Bashiru towards him in the area with his marker closer to him, but found a way to beat Mohammed Bailou (2-2). In the 70th minute, coach Augustine Evans Adotey appeared to be happy with the draw and opted to sit down and hit Ashgold on a counter. He took out Richard Berko and brought in a defender in the form of Nurudeen Abdulai just to manage the game. It all ended 2-2 with the shared point.
Coach Evans Adotey will be happy to salvage the tie and will look forward to the next game he will play against the Iner Allies at home. Milovan Cirkovic will be crestfallen with the draw looking at the opportunities they missed, but will take comfort in the way they reacted when they conceded the first goal and will work on the rest. The miners will play with the phobians in Accra; we hope to see an exciting game.
