Medeama Battles Nations FC, Move Togo’s ASKO de Kara Friendly To Sunday

Medeama Battles Nations FC, Move Togo’s ASKO de Kara Friendly To Sunday

.Ghanaian Team Vows To Eliminate Remo Stars

Ibrahim Lateef

Remo Stars opponent in the CAF Champions League preliminary round, Medeama SC will now lock horns against newly-promoted Ghana Premier League side Nations FC after the club moved its international friendly against Togolese champions ASKO de Kara, reports BSNSports.com.ng.

The Ghana Premier League champions was initially scheduled to take on the Togolese champions at the Cape Coast Stadium on Friday, August 4, 2023 been rescheduled for Sunday, August 6 at the same venue.

Medeama will face off against Nations at the Cape Coast stadium, their adopted home for the CAF Champions League on Thursday, August 3.

This also forms part of the pre-season preparations for the Yellow and Mauves ahead of the 2023-24 football season.

No reason was given for the rescheduling of the tune-up game by the Ghanian club.

Medeama won the Ghana Premier League for the very first time in history last term and would aim at defending their title in the upcoming campaign.

The Tarkwa-based club have drawn against Nigerian side Remo Stars SC in the first preliminary round of the Champions League.

The first leg of the tie will take place at the Cape Coast stadium, and the reverse fixture will be staged at the Remo Stars stadium in Ikenne, Ogun State.

Medeama have completed the signings of midfielder Godknows Dzakpasu and defender Kamaradini Mamudu to strengthen their team.

Meanwhile, Chairman of Medeama SC, Dr. Tony Aubynn is confident that the team will defeat Remo Stars and advance to the next stage of the CAF Champions League.

The Tarkwa-based side were pitted against Nigerian opposition Remo Stars in the first round of the preliminary stage of the competition and are believed to be making adequate preparations towards the crucial encounter.

Dr. Aubynn, who doubles as an Executive Council member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has provided reassurance to Ghanaians that the team will qualify for the next stage of the games.

''We are very confident we will qualify over them; that one, we can assure our supporters and Ghanaians,'' he told Graphic Sports.

Even though he was confident in his team's abilities, he remained wary of their opponents. He acknowledged that qualifying would not be easy, as the Nigerian team was a formidable opponent.

''We have the men, and I think we have a good technical team. We are beefing up the team with a few other players, so I think we are capable of beating them, though I concede that they are not going to be a walkover, especially because they are an academy side.

''It will be suicidal for me to say we will not progress. Everybody will be expecting us to progress; so we are very confident that we'll progress to the next stage, but we also have to admit that we're not going to play a walkover side,'' he said.

The Ghana Premier League champions will be making their debut at the top club competition in Africa. They last participated in the CAF Confederation Cup seven years ago.