Hearts beat Olympics 4-2 in Ishmael Addo send-off

Champion Club Accra Hearts Oak on Sunday beat city rivals Great Olympics 4-2 in a testimonial match in honour of three-time goal-king Ishmael Addo at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Hearts opened the floodgates in the 9th minute through Emmanuel Donkor when Don Bortey outwitted the entire rearguard of Olympics before laying a pass for him to score.

Laryea Kingston made it two in the 23rd minute when he initiated a move from midfield, laid the ball for Emmanuel Donkor, took a return, before tapping it in for the second goal.

Kingston went into a wild jubilation, celebrating the goal by striping almost naked and was shown the red card for his ungentlemanly conduct thereby reducing Hearts to ten men.

Olympics reduced the tally through Amui Quaye in the 55th minute but Charles Taylor made it three for his side in the 57th minute. Olympics pulled one back again in the 65th minute when Francis Mantey pounced on a loose ball after defensive blunder by Hearts and blasted the ball past stranded goalkeeper Laud Quartey.

Hearts made it four in the 90th minute through defender Dan Oppong when he headed the ball in from a corner kick. The match which, was supposed to be a send-off for the deadly striker however witnessed three red cards with Laryea Kingston and Charles Taylor receiving them on the Heart side, while Numo Mohamed of Olympics was also sent off in the 90th minute.

Ishmael Addo in whose honour the match was being played was not present at the stadium, having departed to France on Wednesday. He featured for his new club Bastia at the weekend, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute.

In another friendly encounter at Sunyani, new entrants Brong Ahafo United lost by a lone goal to Obuasi Goldfields at the weekend. Striker Douda Seidu scored the only goal of the match in the 27th minute.