Kopeyia (Volta Region) - Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League campaigners, Accra Hearts of Oak, currently in camp at Keta, on Saturday thrilled Aflao football fans in a warm up match with Aflao based second division side, Rainbow Stars at Tenge Park at Kopeyia, near Denu.
Both clubs presented two teams, A and B, each playing for 70 minutes with Hearts winning the first match one nil, and the second two nil. The flair and fluidity of Hearts mesmerised the teeming football fans that had thronged the park from Aflao, Agbozume, Dzodze and Togo among other areas to savour the stuff the celebrated Hearts side was made of.
The match offered Rainbow Stars the opportunity to showcase their promising stars in the likes of strongman Dzoboku Kwabla, Evenononyo Mawuli, Aze Kodzovi and Desouza Dotse, who provided Hearts the worthwhile test they were looking for.
Hearts' Awudu Adamah stole the show in the 30th minute of the second match, when he dribbled three Rainbow defenders in a roll outside the penalty area to score the first goal. Louis Agyeman followed with the second goal in the 50th minute. Christian Ashietey scored the lone goal of the first match.
The fans however sorely missed Hearts' goal machine Charles Taylor and some of the team's top players, who were said to be in camp with the Black Stars. Hearts Dan Quaye told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in a post match interview that Rainbow Stars were a good side that could go places with discipline, resources and support. He said Hearts was determined to win all tournaments ahead of it this year.
