Sports News of Monday, 18 December 2000

Source: Panafrican News Agency

Ghanaians Celebrate African Champions League Victory

Taxi drivers in Tema toot their horns and Hearts of Oak supporters and other football fans took to the streets expressed joy when the Champion Club emerged victorious in the grand finale of the African Champions League Cup.

The fan continued to shout the slogans for Hearts, "Phobia, our boys are good" and sang dirges in praise of the Champion Club. Mr Maxwell Aduafo, a football fan, who supports Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs said the victory for hearts is a victory for Ghana soccer, and praised Ghanaians for giving the Champion Club an overwhelming support that has contributed to lifting of "this African Cup of honour".



Mr Kofi Anoh, who supports Asante Kotoko, arrival team, praised Hearts for their victory, but said they made Ghanaians to sit on thorns for a long time, before coming out with the needed goals for victory.

Mr Kingsley Dasi, also Kotoko supporter said, with their good performance, Hearts deserves the African Club Cup, and cautioned them not to rest on their oars so that they can make Ghana proud when they go to Spain next year for the World Club competition.

Sulemana Bansi, Hearts spokesman for site one who has hoisted the club's flag for the past five months said, "I will soon sit down with other supporters in the area to plan a big victory celebrations within the next few days even before the end of the Moslem ramadan".