Mariano Barreto – Sahara Football https://www.saharafootball.net News on the Ghana Premier League and Ghana Football Mon, 10 May 2021 12:01:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.saharafootball.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-ZULU-32x32.png Mariano Barreto – Sahara Football https://www.saharafootball.net 32 32 Kotoko learned from Medeama defeat – Mariano Barreto https://www.saharafootball.net/kotoko-learned-medeama-defeat-mariano-barreto/ https://www.saharafootball.net/kotoko-learned-medeama-defeat-mariano-barreto/#comments Mon, 10 May 2021 12:01:34 +0000 https://www.saharafootball.net/?p=29235 Kotoko learned from Medeama defeat – Mariano Barreto

Asante Kotoko boss Mariano Barreto has applauded his team for learning from their previous mistakes to come from behind to grab an important win against Dreams FC on Saturday.



The Porcupines registered a 3-1 win against Dreams FC to climb up to the league table after Gameweek 23.

Mariano Barreto attributed his team’s fighting spirit to the lesson they learned from defeat against Medeama in Gameweek 21.

“We didn’t give up (after conceding), it was in the hard moment we started remembering what happened against Medeama,” he said

“This is why we are working hard to try to solve these problems and we equalized. In the second half, we created a number of chances of goals and it was too much for Dreams” he added.

Asante Kotoko host Ebusua Dwarfs in their next game and will be looking to maintain their spot at the top of the table.


]]> https://www.saharafootball.net/kotoko-learned-medeama-defeat-mariano-barreto/feed/ 1 Vinicius is still not ready – Mariano Barreto https://www.saharafootball.net/vinicius-still-not-ready-mariano-barreto/ https://www.saharafootball.net/vinicius-still-not-ready-mariano-barreto/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:56:26 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=29024 Asante Kotoko coach has revealed that Brazillian Striker Micheal Vinicius is still not fully fit to play for Asante Kotoko despite scoring on his debut for the club.




Michael Vinicius came from the bench to score Asante Kotoko’s fourth goal against Bechem United in their outstanding fixture during the midweek.

Mariano Barreto insisted that the striker is ‘not ready’ and will have to work hard to fight for his position in the team.

“Vinicius is not ready, we played him because we didn’t have many players,” he said

“He came in, he tried and he was at the right place at the right time and he scored the goal. This is good for anyone, especially if you score with your second touch of the game; it makes you feel happy”

“We are happy for him because he is getting the motivation and confidence to work hard because, in the next two weeks, he will have to get in a good physical condition to fight for the position. All the players know you have to be in good physical condition to play for this team,” he concluded.


]]> https://www.saharafootball.net/vinicius-still-not-ready-mariano-barreto/feed/ 4 OFFICIAL: Asante Kotoko appoint Mariano Barreto as Head Coach https://www.saharafootball.net/official-asante-kotoko-appoint-mariano-barreto-head-coach/ https://www.saharafootball.net/official-asante-kotoko-appoint-mariano-barreto-head-coach/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:58:21 +0000 http://www.saharafootball.net/?p=28963 OFFICIAL: Asante Kotoko appoint Mariano Barreto as Head Coach

After weeks of intense speculations Ghana Premier League club Asante Kotoko, have named former Blackstars coach Mariano Barreto as their new head coach.

The 64-year old Portuguese takes over from Abdul Gazelle and Johnson Smith, who were served in interim capacities following the sacking of club legend and coach Maxwell Konadu far back in December 2020.

Hopefully, Barreto’s confirmation as the new head coach will settle nerves within the Porcupine fraternity amidst lots of tension between the fans and the board on where the club was heading technically.

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