Hearts of Oak head coach, Samuel Boadu has opened up on reasons why they lost to Aduana Stars over the weekend in their opening fixture of the 2022/23 GPL season.
The 'Phobians' suffered a painful 1-0 defeat to the 'Ogya' outfit last Sunday at the Nana Agyemang Badu II, kind courtesy Bright Adjei's second half strike.
Hearts of Oak exhibited high level of football and finished the first half as the best side but couldn't held on in the second phase which subsequently resulted in their defeat.
Speaking in the post-match presser, the treble-winning gaffer has rallied behind his players despite the loss, stating they played so well and couldn't make good use of their chances.
However, he added with so much optimism that, they are going to improve in their subsequent matches.
"It was a nice game. My boys played very well but it was just one mistake that caused us that goal so I think both teams did well."
"There's nothing fatigue in the game we played. We did well and created lots of chances but squandered. But Aduana played well after scoring. The red was unpardonable, it shouldn't be but there's nothing we can do about it."
"We wanted to win but Aduana isn't a bad side. You all saw how we played so going forward we will improve."
Hearts of Oak will face regional rivals Great Olympics in the 'Ga-Mantse' derby this weekend in the second round of matches.
By: Iddriss Abdul Rahim
