Hearts CEO asks for God's intervention

Mr. Tommy Okine, chief executive of Accra Hearts of Oak said on Friday that the winner of the second leg match between his team and AS Douanes of Togo slated for the Lome Sports Stadium on April 27 would be the side which enjoys greater favour from God.
In a chat with the GNA Sports, the chief executive said going by what he saw of the first match where Hearts failed to convert countless begging opportunities, he would ask for God's intervention to swap the team's luck in the away match.
"It is only God who can decide the winner, it cannot be done by the power of any human being and I pray God to decide in our favour, he said.
He said the boys were adequately motivated for the match in Accra and would therefore disagree with those who attributed the result to lack of motivation.
Mr Okine said the slim margin could not be blamed on coach Hebert Addo either because it would be unfair to do that after his team had dominated the visitors, creating many sure chances but failing to convert them.
He said, "We cannot blame the coach. The coach cannot go and put the ball into the net. It is his duty to teach the boys to play well and create chances and if after creating them they fail to score it will be wrong to blame the coach."
On preparations for the match in Lome the chief executive said the technical team had stepped up preparations and management would meet during the week to address other areas of preparations to ensure that the team enjoys good support during the match.
He called on supporters of the club and indeed all Ghanaians to pray for Hearts in the tricky away encounter.
Hearts recorded a catalogue of misses in their first leg match with the Togolese champions on April 13 and managed only a one nil win, making the second leg match in Lome a very difficult one.