{"id":263004,"date":"2025-10-31T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/263004\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:26:09","slug":"how-do-you-expect-kotoko-to-beat-wac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/263004\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you expect Kotoko to beat WAC?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Frederick play video<\/a>Frederick Acheampong is Executive Council Member of the GFA<\/p>\n

Executive Council Member of the Ghana Football Association<\/a> (GFA), Frederick Acheampong, has dismissed criticisms aimed at <\/a>Asante Kotoko<\/a> following their exit from the 2025 CAF Confederation Cup.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Asante Kotoko<\/a> suffered a heavy defeat to their Moroccan counterparts, Wydad Athletic Club (WAC), in Casablanca, losing 6-1 on aggregate.<\/p>\n

The disappointing result sparked widespread criticisms from sections of the public who felt the scoreline tarnished the image of Ghanaian club football on the continental stage.<\/p>\n

Yaw Dabo appeals to President Mahama to support football academies financially<\/a><\/p>\n

However, Acheampong, popularly known as Achie has pushed back against the backlash, arguing that WAC is superior to Kotoko in many aspects of club management.<\/p>\n

He noted that the level of financial investment WAC receives from the Moroccan state cannot be compared to the Porcupine Warriors, who struggle to meet even basic operational needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen clubs in Morocco participate in Africa, they are given $800,000 for the Champions League and $500,000 for the Confederation Cup to support them. So what more do they need in terms of recruitment and motivation? If Kotoko had $500,000, imagine what they could do with capacity and recruitment. Compare Kotoko\u2019s players to Morocco\u2019s and see if they match.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are surprises in football, but realistically, how do you expect Kotoko to beat WAC? Maybe only through spiritual incantations [juju]. Their technical team is nowhere close, they have a video analyst, dietician, instructor, and others. In which areas do you expect Kotoko to beat WAC? It\u2019s a tall order,\u201d Acheampong said in Twi during an interview on Kessben FM on October 29, 2025.<\/p>\n

Watch Fred Achie’s remarks below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

SB\/JE<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, watch the latest Sports Check interview with Alex Kotey, the GFA Referees Manager below:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"play videoFrederick Acheampong is Executive Council Member of the GFA Executive Council Member of the Ghana Football Association…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-263004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}