Esso splint wins hearts day

Sports News from Thursday, April 11, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-04-11

Two goals from Hearts of Oak striker Joseph Esso sealed Phobian Day by beating the Ebusua 2-1 dwarves at the Accra Sports Stadium on the fourth day of the Committee's special competition. of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

Esso opened the scores a little less than a minute after the match started and doubled the score in the 37th minute to end on a less impressive first half of the two teams.

The two teams struggled to get pbad – worthy pbades, so there were not many serious incursions into each other in a match, This led to many actions in the middle of the field, as both teams failed to test the opposing goalkeepers.

Oak hearts were forced by two wounds to make two quick replacements. Christopher Bonney and Kwadwo Obeng gave way to Bakai Selbadie and Robert Addo Sowah, while Abudu Dramani of Ebusua Nwarfs also gave way to Bright Nurudeen to finish the first half with Hearts of Oak Michelle. Sarpong attracting the first yellow card of the afternoon.

Daniel Kodie opened the second half with a second yellow card in the match and Hearts of Oak in second place of the day, while the Ebusua dwarves were looking for an equalizer in a more constructive game.

Richmond Ayi, in the post for Hearts of Oak, was called early in the second half and did well to parry for a corner. The pressure then went up on Hearts.

The mysterious goal-seeking players made their second substitution of the day by replacing Mohammed Osman with Alhaji Mustapha, then by a final substitution for the Dwarves with Naba Abu Jnr.

The departure of Simon Martey while Benjamin Kotey also gave way to Malik Akowuah for Hearts to complete their replacement for the day.

The changes made by the dwarves paid off as Nurudeen removed one to allow visitors to reach more pressure in pursuit of another goal when all efforts were unsuccessful, with the odds of being spoiled.

Esso missed an important opportunity to score a hat trick that day, as he scored his penalty in the arms of Wiredu Mensah Danso on hold to allow the Dwarves to hold the match at 2: 1 with fifteen minutes to end the procedure.

The dwarves failed to capitalize on Hearts of Oak's goalkeeper's injury to score another goal, but Ayi was forced to play against his injury, his team exhausting all substitutions of the day.

On the fourth day of the special competition, Accra Hearts of Oak won two of four games played, losing twice on the road, the Dwarves having lost all four games so far.