Hearts of Oak pulled off an incredible 2-1 victory against Hearts of Lions in match-week 22 of the 2023/24 Ghana Premier League at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.
Heart of Oak has been absolutely on fire in the second round of the league under Coach Abubakar Outtara’s leadership. They remain unbeaten with the Burkinabe gaffer.
On the other hand, Lions were highly motivated in the match, in their pursuit to avoid relegation.
Mustapha Yakubu’s free-kick in first half additional time was enough to give Heart of Lions the lead.
But the Phobians produced resilience and equalized on the 50th minute with Salifu Ibrahim’s brilliant delivery from a free kick which was flicked home by Salim Adams.
Heart of Oak went on searching for the second goal as they had a counter-attack where Linda Mtange lobbed the ball to Kasim Cisse, who held off the defender and laid it off to Salim Adams.
Salim then powered a long drive and Lions goalkeeper Ebenezer Osae parried the ball back into play for Linda who slotted in the rebound on the 63rd minute.
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We picked all three points after 90 mins of a rainy game. With 10 men, we caged the lion and tamed them from roaring.
And that is how we tame a βWILD LIONβ. Freeeeee advice to others.
Phooooobia!!! Masters!!!#AHOSC#PositiveEnergy#StarLife pic.twitter.com/btoENi1gT4
— Phooobia! – #WeNeverSayDie π π (@HeartsOfOakGH) March 18, 2024
Heart of Oak’s impressive victory has propelled them to the 7th position with 32 points, The Phobians have a big match coming up against Samartex.
On the other hand, Heart of Lions is currently in the relegation zone with 21 points, just above the last team in the league, RTU. Lions will be up against Bibiani Goldstars at Kpando in their next game.
