Accra Hearts of Oak and arch-rivals, Asante Kotoko, performed a goalless encounter of their Ghana Premier League match day 30 recreation on the Accra Sports activities Stadium, yesterday.
The match, the 116th between the 2 sides, had important implications for his or her respective campaigns, with 4 video games remaining.
The sport started with gamers and followers from each side studying out commemorative messages forward of the twenty fourth anniversary of the Might 9 catastrophe, which falls on Friday, Might 9.
A minute silence was additionally noticed for the 127 souls who misplaced their lives on that fateful day in 2001.
Each groups got here with contrasting fortunes. Whereas Hearts of Oak remained in competition for a high 4 end, Kotoko, sitting fourth on the desk with 50 factors, aimed to shut the hole on the leaders, Gold Stars.
Kotoko began stronger, with Samba O’Neil having the primary try on objective with a header that flew over the bar.
The Phobians progressively warmed up into the sport, and within the thirty second minute, Konadu Yiadom was a shade late as he missed Stephen Appiah Asare’s nook kick.
Within the forty seventh minute, Appiah Asare compelled a one-handed save from goalkeeper Mohammed Camara, in objective for Kotoko, when he got here head to head with him. A minute later, substitute Saaka Dauda’s strike on objective missed Benjamin Asare’s submit by inches.
Each Hearts coach, Aboubakar Ouattara, and his counterpart, Abdul Karim Zito, launched contemporary legs within the second half however their efforts didn’t yield any outcome.
BY RAYMOND ACKUMEY
