Accra Hearts of Oak celebrated their 111th birthday at the Accra Sports Stadium with a 0-0 tie against Karela United.
Slavko Matic, the new head coach, has ended his winning streak in the BetPawa Premier League and has related the stalemate against Bismark Kobby Mensah’s side to a thirty-minute delay in action.
The new manager of the current MTN FA Cup champions made a significant surprise in his starting lineup against Karela United, with Equatorial Guinea midfielder Otanga Mvouo and Isaac Mensah starting ahead of Konadu Yiadom and Eric Esso, as replacements from his previous success at Cape Coast Sports Stadium.
Despite multiple scoring opportunities, neither club could hit the back of the net, with Afriyie Barnieh’s off-target header into a wide net and a rebound to wonder youngster Gideon Asante being the greatest moments for the home side.
Accra Hearts of Oak, with high hopes of a third win in the BetPawa Premier League, enjoyed most of the possession.
At the same time, the away team, Karela United, planned to frustrate the free interpositional game of Accra Hearts of Oak under Serbian gaffer, Slavko Matic.
Karela United tormented the players in dwells and delayed proceedings in order to secure a point in their last three visits against Accra Hearts of Oak at the Accra Sports Stadium.
When asked about what went wrong in the game to achieve a drawn game in a post-match press conference with StarTimes, the head coach of Accra Hearts of Oak attributed his first draw in the BetPawa Premier League to the opponent spending thirty minutes of play.
Matic stated, “For us (Accra Hearts of Oak), one point is nothing; we want to take all three points. Congratulations to my players and the fans. Today, we deserve to win. I’m disappointed in the referees today, and I won’t say anything more. Opponents spent 30 minutes today; that’s all I have to say that isn’t football.”
