Kotoko coach Mariano Barreto eyes Ghana Premier League title

Portuguese tactician, Mariano Barreto has revealed that he is hoping to win the league title with Asante Kotoko.

The former Black Stars coach joined the Porcupine Warriors on a one-and-half year deal to replace Maxwell Konadu who was axed in December 2020 due to an unimpressive performance.

According to the Portuguese trainer, winning 2020/21 Ghana Premier League is the ultimate target of the club as he believes second place will be nothing to them.

In an interview with the club’s website, the 64-year-old indicated that he is in to put things in order to propel the club to a greater height and hass asked the fans to lower their expectations.

“So what the fans can expect, nothing special… What they can expect (from the team) is hard work, discipline and trying to help in the development.

“Asante Kotoko have only one target… win, second place will be nothing for us. It’s the first of the last so it is a good challenge,” he added.

“I know my players… I had a short meeting with them. I gave them a message about what they need to do. They must fight each game. We will give everything we have on the field. We know in football we cannot win all games. But if somebody must win points from us it should not be because we didn’t fight,” he concluded.

Kotoko finished in fourth place after the first round. They travel to meet Eleven Wonders when the league resumes this coming weekend.