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20.04.2015 League Report

Breaking News: Kotoko line-up BIG friendly against Romanian giants Petrolul in Kumasi

20.04.2015 LISTEN
By ghanasoccernet.com

Ghanaian side Asante Kotoko will play Romanian giants Petrolul Ploiesti in a massive international friendly in Kumasi in September, Ghana's leading football news outlet, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.

Four top officials of the top-flight club, who played in Europa League last year, will arrive in Accra on Monday night before heading to Kumasi on Tuesday morning to conclude the deal that will be one of the biggest friendly matches for a club in Ghana in recent times.

Petrolul officials will travel to Kumasi on Tuesday morning where they will meet Kotoko CEO Opoku Nti and other officials to put pen to paper over the much-awaited deal.

The Romanian club are currently third on their league table and will offer a good test for Kotoko in their quest to face some of the top European sides.

The massive clash with the former Europa League campaigners has been mooted by Ghanaian agent Eric Oppong who has been combing the world to bring some of the best sides in Europe to play Ghanaian clubs.

The initiative is a move by the current Kotoko CEO to bring some big clubs in the world to Kumasi shore up dwindling support for the club at home while establishing its status as one of the finest in Africa.

The star-studded Romanian side will travel to Kumasi in early September to face the Porcupine Warriors in a massive move by the former African champions to maintain their status in Ghana as one of the top clubs in the world.

Petrolul have some top players expected in the world in their side that includes Israeli international striker of Nigerian descent Toto Tamuz, Burundi attacker Mohammed Tchite, former Portugal youth internationals Geraldo Alves and Filipe Teixeira

Other top players Brazilian goalkeeper Peterson Peçanha and Algeria international Mourad Satli as well as Argentine star Sebastián Gallegos are among some of the best players in the side with several players in the Romanian national team.

Petrolul have won the the Romanian top-flight competition called Liga I four times and the Cupa României three times since its establishment.

The club is currently coached by ex-Standard Liège manager Mircea Rednic after replacing Gheorghe Mul?escu on the bench in January.

The team's current home colors are yellow and dark blue. Accordingly, the players are nicknamed “The Yellow Wolves”.

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