{"id":441163,"date":"2026-01-31T16:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/441163\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:31:11","slug":"nicholas-opokus-6-8-rating-highlights-composed-display-against-samsunspor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/441163\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas Opoku&#8217;s 6.8 rating highlights composed display against Samsunspor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Nicholas-Opoku-s-6-8-rating-highlights-composed-display-against-Samsunspor-2019634?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/42158657.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars defender, Nicholas Opoku\" title=\"Black Stars defender, Nicholas Opoku\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>Black Stars defender, Nicholas Opoku<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Nicholas Opoku delivered a solid and composed performance for Kasimpasa despite their narrow 1\u20130 defeat to Samsunspor in the Turkish Super Lig at the Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan Stadyumu in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian defender was heavily involved throughout the contest, recording an impressive 91 touches and showcasing his reliability in possession. <\/p>\n<p>Opoku completed 73 of his 79 passes, posting a strong 92% accuracy rate, while also attempting to progress play with 3 accurate long balls from 4 attempts.<\/p>\n<p>In the final third, he completed 3 of 7 passes as Kasimpasa searched for an equaliser. <\/p>\n<p>Defensively, Opoku stood firm, making six clearances and competing well in duels, winning three of his six contests, including one aerial duel.<\/p>\n<p>His overall performance earned him a rating of 6.8, making him the second-highest rated Kasimpasa player on the night. <\/p>\n<p>Despite his efforts, the result leaves Kasimpasa sitting 15th on the league table with 16 points after 20 matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Black Stars defender, Nicholas Opoku Nicholas Opoku delivered a solid and composed performance for Kasimpasa despite their narrow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-441163","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\/441163","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=441163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}