Coronary heart of Lions head coach Bashir Hayford has credited Kwadwo Obeng Junior’s essential objective to his wealth of expertise, asserting {that a} much less skilled participant would have squandered the chance.
Obeng Junior scored the one objective within the Week 9 fixture towards Asante Kotoko, resulting in a 1-0 victory for the Lions at Obuasi.
The previous Hearts of Oak ahead discovered the online within the twenty eighth minute after Kotoko goalkeeper Mohammed Camara mishandled a clearance, permitting Obeng Junior to fit the ball into an empty web.
This objective not solely secured all three factors for Coronary heart of Lions but additionally marked their first away win of the season.
In his post-match feedback, Hayford highlighted the importance of expertise in such conditions.
“That’s what we name expertise. You understand expertise all the time counts. When he bought the ball he was not panicking; he noticed that the goalkeeper was out of his submit, so he needed to do the needful. He did precisely that due to expertise.
“If it had been to be any younger participant, we might be panicking and possibly he’ll kick the ball away,” he acknowledged.
This objective is Obeng Junior’s first of the season and has propelled Coronary heart of Lions to sixth place within the league desk with 14 factors. The group will look to construct on this momentum as they proceed their marketing campaign within the Ghana Premier League.