Medeama SC Technical Director Augustine Evans Adotey has cited the team’s demanding travel schedule as a significant factor behind their disappointing performance in the Ghana Premier League last season.
After securing their first league title in the 2022/23 season, the Yellow and Mauves experienced a sharp decline, finishing eighth in the following campaign, 12 points behind the champions, FC Samartex.
Adotey, who also led Medeama during their CAF Champions League run last year, believes the rigorous travel and involvement in continental competitions took a toll on the team.
“So the target now for Medeama, as I speak, is to reclaim the title. By the end of the season, Medeama is champions of Ghana. Playing away from home, traveling to and fro, the team was engaged in outstanding matches,” Adotey explained.
He further elaborated on the challenges, saying, “Talk of the Premier League, after an outstanding Premier League game, you have to travel back to Cape Coast. Sometimes you travel from Kumasi to Takwa. Takwa to Cape Coast, it was terrible. These are also some of the factors that contributed to our exit from the tournament.”
Despite these setbacks, Adotey remains focused on the future. “But all the same, I’m saying the past is gone. All that we need to do is defend the title. Unfortunately, it slipped by,” he concluded.
