The Great Olympics Gazette
Match1 Oct 2031
Great Olympics through in the cup
A 2‑1 win over Wa All Stars, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match1 Oct 2031
Isaac Essien wins it after the whistle should have gone
117 minutes played. Isaac Essien found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Wa All Stars went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Player ratings6 Oct 2031
Isaac Essien scores twice — 8.39
Two goals and a mark of 8.39 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Match4 Oct 2031
Great Olympics make it 6 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Great Olympics have 6 straight wins of it.
Player ratings6 Oct 2031
Henry Okereke could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.50
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.50, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Player ratings6 Oct 2031
Gladson Afful, 19, steals the show — 8.04
Marked 8.04 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad6 Oct 2031
Kofi Asante in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Great Olympics this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces6 Oct 2031
The crowd has taken to Gladson Afful
At 19 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match4 Oct 2031
Great Olympics are at home on the road
3 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.
In brief
- Match Great Olympics get the job done against Hasaacas
- Squad Mohammed Fatau is not the player he was
- Player ratings A masterclass from Shayibu Abubakari