{"id":2672,"date":"2019-01-31T20:31:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2019-01-31T20:31:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:31:07","slug":"pfag-backs-kotoko-for-opening-day-win-in-caf-confederations-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/?p=2672","title":{"rendered":"PFAG Backs Kotoko For Opening Day Win in CAF Confederations Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has extended its well wishes to Kumasi Asante Kotoko as they get set to kickstart their Group C CAF Confederations Cup campaign against Al-Hilal in Sudan on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Porcupine Warriors will be confident of making a bright start in the competition; and the PFAG is backing the team to once again excel in their continental club endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The two sides have previously crossed paths, with Kotoko overcoming tough weather conditions, a partisan home crowd and a first leg deficit to edge out their Omdurman-based foes en-route to reaching the final of the maiden edition of the CAF Confederations Cup in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The PFAG urges coach C.K. Akunnor and his Porcupine Warriors to once again rise to the challenge and grab the precious 3 points on offer, so as to begin their continental campaign on a winning note.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The PFAG remains here with you and for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has extended its well wishes to Kumasi Asante Kotoko as they get set to kickstart their Group C CAF Confederations Cup campaign against Al-Hilal in Sudan on Sunday. &nbsp; The Porcupine Warriors will be confident of making a bright start in the competition; and the PFAG is backing<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\"><a class=\"btn-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/?p=2672\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ghana-premier-league","category-pfag"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20189883.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2674,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions\/2674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}