“Kudos” to Medeama SC for making the country proud after eleven years from CAF Champions League absence – GFA President

The President of Ghana Football Association, Mr Kurt Simeon Okraku has expressed his confidence in the league leaders Medeama SC of going far to win the CAF Champions League.

In an interview following the arrival of Medeama contigent at the Kotoka International Airport , the GFA President praised the team for the massive achievement and also assured them of the country’s and the FA’s support ahead of their group stage campaign .

“I am here to welcome you back to Ghana and to tell you how happy we are as a country and as a football country for this amazing feat of not making yourselves proud, of not making Ghana proud but most importantly, qualifying for the next stage of the CAF Champions League. I remember my word to you in Cape Coast where I said to all of you that I had no doubt about the quality this team has in possession and then I had no doubt about your ability to sail through all this important heddle and through to my expectations and the expectations of the entire country, you went to Guinea to get the needed qualification that this country has been yearning for over 11 years now.”

“Last season you came out as the Premier League champions and if there were some doubting Thomas’, I am sure they will be vanishing by now and everybody who competed against you during last season’s league will now accept that truly that Medeama SC deserved to be the champions.” – he added

His comments come after the Ghana Premier League heavyweights secured a place in the group stage of the Champions League.

Medeama SC secured a place in the CAF Champions League group phase following a 4-3 aggregate scoreline.

This is the first time a Ghanaian club is playing in the Champions League group stage for the first time since 2012.

Story by : George Opoku Boateng / Ahotoronline