Medeama have become the first Ghanaian team to reach the group stage of the CAF Champions League in 11 years.
The Ghana champions confirmed their place in group stage of the 2023/24 edition after beating Horoya 4-3 on aggregate over the two legs in the second round of the preliminary qualifiers.
Berekum Chelsea is the last Ghanaian club to reach the group phase of the premiere club football competition in Africa back in 2012.
Despite suffering a 2-1 defeat to the Guinean team in the reverse fixture on Saturday in Conakry, the Yellow and Mauves still sailed through because of their convincing 3-1 win from the first leg played at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium two weeks ago.
Medeama took the lead 24 minutes into the game through a Jonathan Sowah penalty but the home side equalised two minutes later through Ocansey Mandela.
Horoya scored again in the 70th minute through Mohammed Keita to win the game 2-1, but it was not enough to see them overturn the 3-1 deficit from the first leg.
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<h2><a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/11/pochettino-urges-his-players-to-inform-chelsea-owners-if-they-need-jose-mourinho/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The manager of Chelsea, Mauricio Pochettino</a> has admitted that he wasn't happy with the performance of his team after an abysmal outing against relegation-threatened Burnley.</h2>
<p>Mauricio Pochettino's Chelsea played from the 40th minute of the Premier League game with a man advantage after Burnley's Lorenz Assignon was red-carded in the first half.</p>
<p>Four minutes after the red card, Cole Palmer gave Chelsea the lead in the 44th minute via the penalty spot and most football enthusiasts thought Burnley would suffer a whitewash at Stamford Bridge.</p>
<p>Interestingly, Burley's coach Vincent Kompany was able to set up his team in such a way that the team came back as early as in the 47th minute of the second half.</p>
<p>In the 78th minute, Chelsea restored their lead courtesy of Cole Palmer's strike. The lead didn't last for more than three minutes before ten-man Burnley equalized in the 81st minute through the boots of Dara O'Shea.</p>
<p>The game ended 2-2 as Chelsea maintained their 11th spot with 40 points in 28 games, while Burnley maintained their 19th spot with 18 points in 30 games.</p>
<p>After the draw on Saturday, Pochettino said, <em>“Today we didn’t show the capacity, the energy, the hunger. Not the minimum to compete in the Premier League. In the defensive phases, we concede too much.</em></p>
<p><em>“That is why I’m so upset and disappointed. It’s more here (in the heart) and here (in the head) than in your legs. It’s about being strong like a group, strong like a team.</em></p>
<p><em>“We are too slow evolving in this area. That was the key today. But when we didn’t have the ball, we didn’t have the same energy.</em></p>
<p><em>“Today, sorry, I am not happy with the performance when we don’t have the ball. It’s difficult to accept not to win. It was a must-win game.”</em></p>
<p>He continued: <em>“The players need to realize that competing is different from playing football. We can be there and play, but we need to increase our level.</em></p>
<p><em>“It’s not about blaming the players. Maybe we (the coaching staff) need to be tougher with them.</em></p>
<p><em>“We need to be more ruthless, find better communication, be more competitive.</em></p>
<p><em>“We are missing something. That’s why we are where we are. When we don’t have the ball we need to increase our capacity to recover it.”</em></p>
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