An expert volley by Daniel Nii Adjei outside the Real Tamale United box on the stroke of full time burst the bubble of the visitors who were on their way to sharing the spoils with Kumasi Asante Kotoko in their seventh week Glo Premier League match played at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi yesterday.
Prior to Nii Adjei’s match winner, former Hearts of Oak player Hassan Mohammed had headed home a 67th minute goal to cancel Kotoko’s 25th minute opener by Alex Asamoah.
It was RTU who nearly opened the scores in the 24th minute, but a goal-bound shot hit the post and bounced back into play.
A counter-attack by Kotoko found Alex Asamoah in the vital area of RTU and, after outwitting two attackers, he teased goalkeeper John Adjetey out of the post before planting the ball at the far corner of the net to give Kotoko the opener.
Undaunted by the early lead, RTU pushed more men into attack and punctured holes in the Kotoko defence, compelling them to chase the shadows of their guests in a bid to prevent them from equalising.
However, it was Kotoko who came close to increasing the tally in the 30th minute, but Adjetey brilliantly saved a power-laden shot by Nii Adjei.
The RTU keeper again denied Asamoah in the 32nd minute by stretching full limit to intercept the ball in mid-air before the striker could apply his head to nod home Louis Agyemang’s swinger in the box.
RTU resumed the second half by taking total control of the game and forced their opponents to defend but failed to translate their dominance into goals.
Nii Adjei, however, restored Kotoko’s lead an the stroke of full time amid protests by the visitors that assistant referee one J.B. Smith’s flag was up before the ball hit the back of the net.
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