Asante Kotoko New Leadership: John Painstil confident Prosper Ogum will deliver after re-appointment

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00:00 Good morning, let's do sports now. On the AM show with me, Mufti Awanabila, Ablai Kumasi

00:05 and Santi Kodakor continue to dominate the airwaves here in their country following their

00:09 decision to reappoint Dr. Prosper Nathi Ogum as their head coach of the team. Prosper Nathi

00:15 Ogum won the Ghana Premier League for the Porcupine Warriors for the first time in about

00:20 eight seasons but resigned in July last year. Well, the leadership of the club has decided

00:27 to reappoint him to steer the technical affairs of the team and former Black Stars defender

00:32 John Opensel has thrown his weight behind him to succeed. He also says it is important

00:38 that the leadership of the Porcupine Warriors gives him the maximum support to secure the

00:43 results supporters are seeking for.

00:45 I think Ogum is doing so well. He started from Wafaa, we all saw what he did. He came

00:52 to Porto Cor to win the league and he built a very good structure over there with his

00:57 players. Also with his philosophy and his understanding of the game, I think the supporters

01:04 were behind him, the players were behind him. That's why I always say never close doors

01:10 because he left the door open for him that he can come in any time. So now the time has

01:15 come for him to come again. You know he has a history with the club, a very good one,

01:20 but repeating history sometimes is difficult. But I think he's a coach with his words, which

01:27 he believes in his ability. We all know that when it comes to coaching he's doing very,

01:32 very well. I have full confidence that no coach will go for a job that he's not ready

01:38 for. I believe Coach Ogum is ready to go for the task that ahead because Porto Cor is Porto

01:45 Cor is a demanding club, so when you are going you prepare, which he has that zeal to go

01:52 and pick up that way. So as a coach I wish him all the best and I believe he can do it

01:59 well. But like I said, he's an example to a lot of coaches, a lot of people that you

02:05 always leave the door open. So when you go, the door will be open for you to come back

02:10 again.

02:11 Now the bit as well about what creates a solid environment for a coach to work. You have

02:21 been on various legs of the, you've operated on various arms of the football value chain.

02:29 You have operated from the ownership level and you have done, you've played and you've

02:34 managed as well. From where you sit, what would you want to see the ownership of the

02:42 club do for this man so that he can get the job done like he's always known to do?

02:48 Yeah, I think first they have to allow him to do, if the club Porto Cor has their own

02:57 DNA or their own philosophy, system in place, then the coach needs to go by that rules and

03:10 then also system in place. Then they should allow him to pick the players that will fit

03:15 his own system, his own philosophy to build a team because he being the head coach, he

03:20 becomes a manager. So he manages the team and he will buy players that he thinks they

03:26 are good to play for such a team.

03:29 Porto Cor is not a team that you can pick any player to play. You need players who have

03:34 a great attitude, who take responsibilities on the field to make things work. So they

03:41 should do whatever they can to make the coach happy and give him everything that he needs

03:45 so that he can have his place to work. Because we've seen him doing it before, but if he's

03:51 happy and he's getting all the necessary equipment he needs, all the players he needs

03:58 to start, I think everything will go well with him. So they should give him maximum

04:03 respect and respect his office as well.

04:08 Jumping to the speaking to my colleague Natalia Arto on Joy SportsLink last Saturday. Two

04:14 great Olympics in the latter part of the Ghana Premier League last season, the Dade boys

04:19 decided to move their home venue to the Uwafa Park in Soka Kope. But this year, they intend

04:25 to move their venue to Teshi where McDonnell constructed a new AstroTurf. We understand

04:32 that a former MP of the area, Okobo, engaged McDonnell to construct a facility for the

04:39 people of the area. Now Great Olympics is considering using that as their home venue

04:44 in the new Ghana Premier League season, expected to start in the middle of September. We hear

04:50 from Okobo who's been speaking to my colleague Natalia Arto.

04:54 I just cannot describe my excitement. Some few years ago, I happened to watch a football

05:02 match at the McDonnell Stadium at LA. I was very impressed with what I saw. And so I asked

05:08 a friend, "Who did this?" And I was told that it was Dr. McCauley, the McDonnell Foundation.

05:14 I'm like, "So what about Lejuku? What about Teshi?" So I started exploring ways to get

05:20 to Dr. McCauley. It was a struggle in the beginning, but I happened to know Coleman,

05:26 the CEO of Wembley Sports Complex. So Coleman told me, "Look, I'll take you to McDonnell."

05:33 So I happened to meet my man and I told him, "Look, senior, I learnt your parents come

05:37 from LA or whatever, but your grandparents also come from Teshi." And I had to use that

05:42 anger because I was trying to find out why he chose to invest in LA and why in Otesha.

05:48 And he told me, "Look, I'm a son of the coast. Any community that approaches me, I see what

05:52 I can do. So doc, I'll see what I can do for you." And after all the negotiations they

05:57 took, McDonnell agreed to build the Teshi McDonnell Sports Complex worth over $3 million.

06:04 And I'm happy that the things we talked about, we talked about a complex that has a football

06:10 arena and about 15 seaters capacity.

06:14 15,000 you mean?

06:15 15,000.

06:16 Very well.

06:17 A spectator stand or area, long tennis courts, a boxing auditorium. I mean, he described

06:23 all that. Later we got McDonnell, the Wembley Sports Complex, we got the architect, I saw

06:30 the drawings. I was so excited just by the drawings. And I can say that in 2020, when

06:37 I was then a member of parliament, my last year as the MP, Dr. Makole himself came here

06:44 with some sons of the land, the Lejuku Teshi family. Lai Kingston himself was here that

06:50 day and we had something like a prayer and saw cutting and gave our blessing to Dr. Makole

06:56 to start the project. Many doubted whether we could really do such a thing. But today

07:02 here we are. I mean, all glory to God and all thanksgiving to Dr. Makole and to Coleman

07:09 for such a fantastic job. I'm so overwhelmed because in the next few weeks, on the 26th

07:14 of August, Teshi is about to host its annual festival games, which normally it plays with

07:20 Nungwa, a sister community. And this is the biggest game or activity for the year. And

07:26 all indications show that we are about to, or it is possible to host that game and use

07:33 it to open this particular stadium. I'm also excited because there are talks with some

07:41 elders in the Oli club to see whether we can have them play their local rivals across the

07:51 folk on the day. And this is to announce this particular facility to the whole coast.

07:59 Now let's talk about Midyama FC and Dreams FC. They will participate in the next edition

08:06 of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup competitions, respectively. The Confederation

08:12 of African Football, CAF, would later today hold a draw in its headquarters, Cairo, where

08:18 Midyama FC would know its opponents for the CAF Champions League, whilst Dreams FC would

08:24 also be paired with its opponent later today. The draw will have the Confederation Cup draw

08:31 taking place first before that of the CAF Champions League. 54 teams from 42 member

08:38 associations of CAF are participating in this year's edition of the CAF Champions League

08:44 and Midyama FC is likely to be drawn against one of the lowest ranked teams in the competition

08:50 as they participate in the CAF Champions League for the first time in the history of the club.

08:55 These FC winners of the FA Cup after defeating Kim Faisal in the grand finale would also

09:01 be going to Africa for the first time in the history of the club after each board agreed

09:05 that they should participate in the competition. Champions of the Ghana Premier League, Midyama

09:10 FC, after beating Tamale City 3-0 in the grand final day of the Ghana Premier League season,

09:17 would also be participating in the CAF Champions League for the first time in its history.

09:20 They have played in the Confederation Cup before, where they made it to the group stages.

09:25 They won the FA Cup in 2013 and 2015 and they played in the CAF Confederation Cup. However,

09:33 this is a step higher than the CAF Confederation Cup as they will play in the CAF Champions

09:39 League while Dream Selfie will be in the CAF Confederation Cup.

09:46 That's your AM Sports for now. We do have more sports stories on myjoyonline.com. But

09:52 as I leave, let me say happy birthday to former Black Stars assistant coach Ibrahim Ntanko,

09:57 and who is also the current coach of the Black Meteors. He led them to participate in the

10:04 CAF and the 23 Cup of Nations that took place in Morocco, a competition Morocco won. Happy

10:10 birthday Ibrahim Ntanko. Continue to be a friend of Joy Sports and continue to be always

10:16 available for our shows. Thank you very much. Head on to myjoyonline.com and read some more

10:21 sports stories. The show continues right after this.

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