GPL Review: Honours shared as King Faisal and AshantiGold draw

This may have been the afternoon that top-flight football became too lofty an aspiration for King Faisal Babes, although things could have been worse.

They arrived with mixed feelings as top marksman, Kwame Peprah had returned whilst first choice goalkeeper Adam Jabaal missed the game through injury.

The ‘Insha Allah’ Boys were on the rack for considerable periods, dominated by a AshantiGold side that deserved to win.

The miners tried to break the deadlock on several occasions but goalkeeper Danlad Ibrahim was too good to be fizzled out.

Honours were shared with a goalless draw at the Nana Ameyaw park in Techiman.

Ghana U20 goalie Danlad Ibrahim was adjudged man of the match with his impressive exploits in his first start for King Faisal since joining from Kotoko on loan.

Fully-fit danger man Kwame Peprah returned to the starting line up with Amed Alim and Awudu Mohammed getting their first starts for the Green and Whites under the Turkish trainer.

AshantiGold manager, Roman Folz made two changes to the side that beat Accra Hearts of Oak last weekend with Kwadwo Amoako replacing the injured Samed Mohammed in the lineup. Empem Dacosta also paved way for Richard Osei Agyemang who was returning from suspension.

King Faisal came very close to opening the scoring in the 29th minute with Awudu Mohammed shot denied by the woodwork.

The Miners also came close to getting the breaththrough as Owusu Banahene’s effort missed the posts by inches.

Despite the teams playing an entertaining match, neither will likely be happy with the outcome as the single point did not help King Faisal or AshantiGold in their quest to play in the top four or in Faisal’s case, to avoid the drop zone.

A point was no disaster given that context but Kasim Gokyildiz must discover some attacking thrust from somewhere if they are to keep their hopes of playing in the GPL next season.