Ghana's oldest football rivalry would be renewed on Sunday March four, as Africa Super Cup Champions, Accra Hearts of Oak, play Kumasi Asante Kotoko in a special cup match as part of activities to mark the country's 44th Independence Day Anniversary.
The match which is being organised by the National Celebrations Planning Committee and the Ghana Millennium Commission has at stake a giant trophy worth eight million cedis and a percentage of the gate proceeds to both teams.
At a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, Mr Wolayo Agrah, General-Secretary of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) denied rumours that any of the clubs has pulled out of the match explaining that the clubs just wanted some clarification on certain issues.
He said part of the proceeds would also to charity. Gate fees for the match are as follows, Popular stand 3000 cedis, Osu and North stands 10,000 cedis, upper terrace 20,000 cedis and Wings 30000 cedis. The game kicks off at 3pm.
Later, Mr Harry Zakkour, Chief Executive of Hearts still basking in the glory of dominating the African continent this year, proposed that in order to make the match more exciting and bring out the best from both teams winner should take everything at stake.
Reacting to the proposal, Mr Amoa Bosompem a representative of Kotoko said since Kotoko were the first to proposed the "winner take all" for the match, Hearts should put it in writing to finalise it.
He said Kotoko have been looking forward to this match since it would be a fine platform to pay Hearts back in their own coin for the humiliating 4-0 defeat at their hands and to prove to them that Kotoko is still the best in the country.
