Former U-20 head coach Orlando Wellington has led the defending champions of the betPawa Premier League, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, to their third away victory of the season.
The head coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko is away from Ghana to attend his son’s burial service in Burkina Faso; the club’s management has granted him two weeks’ leave to grieve.
The former Berekum Chelsea coach, who joined Asante Kotoko’s technical team in December 2022, took over the mandate after Seydou Zerbo left the Kumasi Asante Kotoko dugout and accomplished the seemingly impossible.
Seydou Zerbo’s Porcupine Warriors had only won one away game in their previous ten attempts, a 1-0 victory over Medeama at Ackoon Park, four draws, and five defeats.
The Porcupine Warriors have failed to score an away goal in their last five away games under Seydou Zerbo, but they were able to score two goals in his absence, prompting a sports journalist to question the stand-in coach, Orlando Wellington, at a post-match press conference.
Enoch Morrison and teenager Rocky Dwamena gave Kumasi Asante Kotoko the lead in the 18th and 27th minutes of the first half, respectively, but Acquah Ebenezer equalized for the Timber Giants in the 90th minute.
A sports journalist from Opemsuo FM in Kumasi, Sasu Danquah, popularly known as “filtration man,” asked Orlando Wellington the secret of how Kotoko has been able to score two goals in away games and win his first away game.
Sasu asked, “Coach, congratulations! It has been a long while since Kotoko won away. Please, what did you do differently that your boss (Seydou Zerbo) couldn’t do?”
David Obeng Nyarko, Kotoko’s Brands and Communication Manager, quickly intervened to quell the question posed by Sasu Danquah of Opemsuo FM in Kumasi.
David replied, “No, no, don’t go down that line; it’s an irrelevant question.” “Please don’t go that line; be professional.”
The valiant team of editors at www.atspo.com has sent an interrogation to Kotoko’s management about what professional questions should be asked if Kotoko wins another away game without head coach Seydou Zerbo.
