‘He’s a complete player’ – Ogum lavishes praise on Cameroonian import Franck Mbella
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Asante Kotoko head coach has praised Cameroonian striker Franck Etouga Mbella for his outstanding displays in his first season in the Ghana Premier League.
Etouga joined Kotoko from Cameroonian topflight side AS Fortuna de Mfou before the start of the current campaign and has been a go-to-guy when the club need goals to win matches in the Ghanaian topflight.
The 21-year-old has netted 21 times in the league, leading the goalking race with just two games to end the season.
The Cameroonian in Sunday’s game against Great Olympics in Accra was the game changer, netting the winner from outside the box with a long drive in the second half. In a post-match presser, Ogum was asked to summarize Etouga’s debut season, he said;
“He’s a complete player in the sense that, physically he’s there, technically he is a good player and tactically too and psychologically he has that confidence and self-believe that he is capable of doing it and I like his work ethics, he is very humble, very respectful, always ready to listen to instructions and I will keep saying this, he has that mentality that he has travelled all the way here to play football so his focus is always on how he can train well and how he can deliver in a game so when he plays a game and doesn’t do well, he becomes so worried that I’ve to talk to him to calm him down, letting him know that world-class players like Benzema, Messi, Ronaldo and co at times they always experience such games.
“So on the whole, I think he’s a good player, he’s always focused and he is ready to work and technically I think he’s one of the best players in the league”
The Porcupines next host Elmina Sharks at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday and the game will serve as a coronation match after winning the 2021-22 Ghana Premier League and Etouga will play a key role in that game as he aims at increasing his tally on the goal king race.
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