Hearts of Oak legendary striker, Ishmael Addo says it's painful to watch the club in African club competition.
He intimated that he taught Hearts of Oak will move to greater heights after putting the club at the summit of African football in 2000 but says it's awful to see the team's fortunes dwindles over the years.
Hearts of Oak lost to AS Bamako by 3:0 in the first leg of the CAF Confederations Cup qualifiers.
Hearts of Oak will host AS Bamako in the return fixture at the Accra Sports Stadium this weekend.
Hearts of Oak are yet to appoint a substantive head coach after axing Samuel Boadu two weeks ago.
He was shown the exit door after three games without a victory in the betPawa Premier League.
Newly appointed assistant coach, David Ocloo as the interim head coach in their defeat to AS Bamako.
Meanwhile, Hearts of Oak exited the CAF champions League after their 6:3 defeat to WAC of Morocco on aggregate, before their eventual elimination from the Confederations Cup to JS Saoura.
Ishmael Addo was an integral member of Hearts of Oak's CAF Champions League winning team in 2000, scoring five goals in the process.
Ishmael Addo says it's very difficult to watch Hearts of Oak in the CAF inter-clubs competitions this days as he insists that the clubs fortune keeps on sinking.
"It's painful to watch Hearts of Oak play in Africa these days,” Ishmael Addo told Joy Sports.
“It's really painful because you sit back after putting the team up there. You left with the idea that they would be better than where you actually put the team but you realize that the team keeps coming down and dropping.
“Even though we had our time and left, we still have something towards the team, we still have this passion, we still want the team to achieve better than what we achieved but now they are taking a step backward," he added.
By: Abdul Razak Salim
