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Kotoko Express editor Jerome Otchere has expressed his displeasure towards Nana Yaw Amponsah for setting unrealistic goals for Kotoko.
Ghana Football Association 2019 [GFA] presidential candidate upon inauguration as CEO [CEO] of the Porcupine Warriors unequivocally reiterated that he will ensure that the club plays and wins the Caf Champions League under his auspices.
His pronouncement attracted much criticism in the media space.
However, Kotoko’s ambitions to play in the 2020/21 Caf Champions League group stage have been left in doubt after losing 1-0 to Al Hilal in the preliminary round first leg at Accra Sports Stadium. .
And according to Jerome, Nana Yaw Amponsah failed to handle the expectations of the fans and playing the group stage of the Champions League is not achievable with the players currently in the club.
“You can’t always win in Africa because Kotoko as a club doesn’t have the materials and qualities to compete and the club doesn’t have what it takes to give us the results we need immediately, but you have to do certain things in a certain way to get it. club the necessary results, “he said in Joy FM.
“We know that many things are new at the club and it is not necessary to raise expectations to a certain level and one example is playing in Africa.
“I will not accept the CEO [Nana Yaw Amponsah] but people who read what i posted will tell them i have a problem with it. He is creating the feeling that Kotoko is in Africa to achieve something the club has never achieved before and is not possible.
“Sometimes we have to be real and make our fans believe that this is the situation and this is how we want to deal with it, but when you turn it up to a certain level and fail, the fans will come to tell you that you are going to do it, what happened?
“For the past fourteen years, Kotoko has not been in the group stage of the Caf Champions League and if you are out there telling us that you are going to do what you have not done before, the fans will look at you and tell you that you have failed. Accept. the consequences, “he added.
Kotoko will play Hilal in the reverse game on January 5.
The club’s losing streak in the current Ghana Premier League has led to the dismissal of Maxwell Konadu and he has been replaced by assistant coach, Johnson Smith.
