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Africa-Press<\/a> – Ghana<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Accra, Dec. 18- Johnson Smith has assumed the Head Coach role at Asante Kotoko after Maxwell Konadu parted ways with the club in the early hours of Friday, December 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

The departure of Coach Konadu follows a 1-0 defeat against Great Olympics in an outstanding match-day three encounter played at the Accra Sports Stadium on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The club announced this decision on their twitter page, which said ” Kotoko Sporting Club wishes to inform the general public that it has decided to part ways with Coach Maxwell Konadu with immediate effect.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoach Johnson Smith has been appointed to lead the team in the interim,” ,” the statement said<\/p>\n

Smith faces an uphill task as he leads Kotoko to face Dreams come Sunday as well as their CAF Champions League clash against Al-Hilal next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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