{"id":186661,"date":"2016-02-03T07:22:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T07:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=186661"},"modified":"2016-02-03T07:22:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T07:22:13","slug":"medeama-coach-begs-for-govt-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/medeama-coach-begs-for-govt-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Medeama coach begs for gov&#8217;t support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Head coach of Medeama Sporting Club, Tom Strand, says the club needs a lot of financial support ahead of its CAF Confederations Cup campaign this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Yellow and Mauves will face the winner of the Ittihad vs AS Sonidep tie in the 1\/16th stage of the competition in March.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But before they get onto the pitch to play, they seem to be facing challenges with finance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to Otec FM in Takoradi on Tuesday, Tom Strand said that the team\u2019s owner Moses Armah needed to be supported by the state or the GFA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We need financial help because there is only one person supporting us now and that is Moses Armah but he cannot do it alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt would be nice if the government helped us or if they could help the Ghana Football Association to help in turn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am a little disappointed by the state of affairs but I know that Moses Armah will handle things for us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Medeama will start the new season of the Ghana Premier League with an away match at AshGold on February 20.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Nathan Quao\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head coach of Medeama Sporting Club, Tom Strand, says the club needs a lot of financial support ahead of its CAF Confederations Cup campaign this year. 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