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Sports News of Sunday, 22 January 2023

Source: footballghana.com

MTN FA Cup: Legon Cities beat Accra Great Olympics on penalties

Legon Cities are into the knockout phase Legon Cities are into the knockout phase

Legon Cities beat Accra Great Olympics on penalties on Saturday afternoon to move to the next round of the MTN FA Cup.

Legon Cities started the game very well, Abdul Rahman had a chance to fire them ahead in the 5th minute but missed from close range.

Accra Great Olympics had a chance at goal but their effort was cleared by Nii Bortey in the 35th minute.

Legon Cities made a change a few minutes before halftime. Abdul Rahman was replaced by Ntim Manu.

After halftime, both teams tried to break the deadlock but all their efforts went wide.

Legon Cities made two more changes, Alidu Mohammed and Sadat Mohammed replaced Samuel Armah and Michael Ampadu in the 60th minute.

Goalkeeper Slyvester Sackey made a great in the 70th minute to deny Accra Great Olympics a goal.

Dennis Wazorzi was sent off by the referee in the 90+4 minute.

The game went straight to penalties after a 0-0 score. The Dade boys missed two and scored three while Legon Cities missed one and scored four.