{"id":362365,"date":"2017-10-16T14:36:58","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T14:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=362365"},"modified":"2017-10-16T14:36:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T14:36:58","slug":"quaos-monday-moanings-gh-footy-kings-jose-smart-or-scared-federer-show-in-shanghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/quaos-monday-moanings-gh-footy-kings-jose-smart-or-scared-federer-show-in-shanghai\/","title":{"rendered":"QUAO’s Monday Moanings: GH Footy kings, Jose smart or scared, Federer show in Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"
Citi Sports editor Nathan Quao rolls out his column on another Monday and this week, he talks about Aduana’s capture of the Ghana Premier League, the talk surrounding Man United’s goalless draw at Anfield and Roger Federer’s superior handling of Rafa Nadal in Shanghai.<\/em><\/p>\n All hail Aduana, new kings of Ghanaian football<\/strong><\/p>\n When Aduana Stars started assembling very good pieces from last season, the talk was that they were getting ready to win the Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n Noah Martey was purchased from Bechem United while Zakaria Mumuni joined from WAFA. The likes of Derrick Sasraku and Godfred Saka were maintained together with Daniel Darkwah and that meant that you had a solid base and a good mix of new players; the right mix for a Premier League challenge and they duly delivered.<\/p>\n They went unbeaten until Week 8 and maybe that was why their coach Yusif Abubakar said that he knew they would win the title.<\/p>\n The performance, in my opinion, which underlined their seriousness was the 3-3 draw with Hearts of Oak in Accra. The refereeing on the day from Prince Amoah was very dodgy but Aduana took the lead three times in that game and they played without any fear.<\/p>\n A closer look at the statistics reveals just how well they set themselves up for the title.<\/p>\n They lost none of their home matches and they have lost only four of their 14 away matches played so far (the 15th is at AshGold on final day). Their away record produced only 18 out of 45 points but those points were a very healthy buffer for the 12 home games they won.<\/p>\n Clearly, they knew their way round the league and they worked for their title.<\/p>\n WAFA could have made it tougher but a lack of ambition, at least in my mind, shown by their head coach Klavs Rasmussen took the league away from them.<\/p>\n With Bolga All Stars already relegated, the fight for survival has become more important for the 8 teams lying between 8th and 15th place.<\/p>\n They are separated by just 3 points and any failures on final day could sink any two of them. Things just got hotter!!!<\/p>\n