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Following the Easter break, Hearts of Oak engaged themselves in a friendly against the second-tier outfit at the Pobiman Sports Complex on Saturday morning.

Accra Hearts of Oak intensified their preparations for the return of the Ghana Premier League with a 3-2 win over Na God FC in a club friendly.

The game which was played with two different line ups saw Richard Attah in post.
 
David Ocloo handed starting berth to Gideon Asante Yeboah, Clinton Appiah, Salifu Ibrahim, Rashid Okine, Zakaria Yakubu, Kwabena Anane, Francis Adjetey-Okunko, Faisal Adam, Benjamin Yorke and Suraj Seidu.
 
Hearts of Oak opened the floodgate in the early minutes through Suraj Seidu. He brilliantly tapped in a low-cross delivered into the box of Na God FC by Benjamin Yorke on the 8th minute.
 
Attah was replaced by Richmond Ayi in the goalpost after sustaining a knock on the stroke of halftime which forced him out of the game.
 
Hearts of Oak held on with the 1-0 lead for the break after failing to bury the chances created.
 
In the second half, Cameroon striker Albert Dieudonne Eonde, Linda Mtange, Kwadwo Obeng Junior, Samuel Inkoom, Amankwah Baafi and Victor Aidoo were introduced.
 
On the 67th minute, In-form midfielder Linda Mtange doubled the lead for Hearts of Oak with a brilliant header from Amankwah Baafi's cross.
 
Momentum shifted in the last twenty minutes of the game, Na God FC enjoyed majority of the game to level the score to a 2-2 draw.
 
However, substitute Linda Mtange registered the match-winner for Hearts of Oak in the dying embers which was his second goal of the game. The match ended in a 3-2 win for Hearts of Oak at the Pobiman Sports Complex.