{"id":181394,"date":"2016-01-13T10:19:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T10:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=181394"},"modified":"2016-01-13T10:19:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T10:19:11","slug":"rahman-not-giving-up-on-ghanas-local-league-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/rahman-not-giving-up-on-ghanas-local-league-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahman: Not giving up on Ghana’s local league yet"},"content":{"rendered":"
Football fans in Ghana have been starved of local football for a while, with the fate of the 2015\/2016 Premier League still\u00a0undecided. In fact it is three months behind schedule. However, big congratulations to the Ghana Leagues Club Association (GHALCA) would be in order, because for the first time in a decade, they brought back top quality off season football.<\/p>\n
The often very dormant GHALCA did not only give clubs the opportunity to prepare for games, they gave Ghanaians a real feel of how their football has developed and also exposed the two clubs which would represent Ghana in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.<\/p>\n
There are a few critical lessons though we should take notice of, after watching every minute of every game of the FirsTrust GHALCA tournament which lasted for three days.<\/p>\n
Below are some of the points I picked up from the three day competitions:<\/p>\n
1. Asante Kotoko will be the team to beat next season:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Porcupine Warriors won the inaugural G6 tournament, arguably with their team B, as the more stronger team left for Libya for an international friendly. This was after their impressive opening day victory against Berekum Chelsea, convincingly beating them 3-1 on the day.<\/p>\n