A draw away to AshGold confirmed Kotoko as legends of the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League, beginning enthusiasm for fans especially as it suggested the Porcupines had destooled Hearts of Oak as defending champions.
Perhaps the way that the season started gave hints on the sort of season which was accessible for the Porcupines. A bounce-back win persuaded by Isaac Oppong versus Dreams in the underlying round of the time, prescribed that Oppong will continue to transform into Kotoko's driving man.
In light of everything, it was Cameroonian forward, Frank Etouga Mbella, who freely passed the Porcupines back on to the perfection of Ghana's football. So far, Kotoko has scored 47 targets in the affiliation and Mbella's 21 goals address 44.68% of their count.
Regardless of missing the season's underlying four games, the forward was consistently present for the Porcupines, jumping up with fundamental targets nearby. 40% of his targets were down victors while three of his goals secured the head affiliation champions critical core interests.
He was taking the Premier League splendid boot in daylight, till Yaw Annor came hustling through. Anyway, the AshGold forward couldn't uphold the test and with only one final game for the season to end, Mbella is one short of the superb record held by Hearts of Oak's Ishmael Addo.
Seeing the striker has been a frenzy for defenders and has failed to score in only a little pack of games. It has been very phenomenal to hold him back from scoring - as his numbers suggest, and here's the explanation.
Advancement
Of all qualities, improvement is perhaps the most critical for strikers since it outfits them with the capacity to exploit spaces. Furthermore, this is a quality which has been normal for Mbella for the completion of the time. His ability to examine how a play will shape and move into space has demonstrated to be a rankling sight for defenders.
Mbella has exhibited to have the best improvement of all strikers in the Ghana Premier League, allowing him to create open doors for himself out of almost nothing.
A substantial model
In the season's most memorable Asante derby, Stephen Amankona drives a counterattack for the porcupines and is searching for runners. Enough, running from the centre circle and solidly put aside by Osei Agyemang, makes a hidden move infield preceding stripping away from the shield.
Stripping away leaves him in areas of place that are known for the room, and as goalkeeper Avotri and Agyemang ruin Amankona's pass, the Cameroonian has the ball at his feet anyway and fails to change over.
The 20-year-old rehashed tantamount versus Accra Lions, with his dart into space opening him up for a 1-on-1 yet his work is cleaned up the line.
Etouga's central as Kotoko fight for a loose ball
Dynamism
21 targets in his most important season is a ton of no-mean achievement, and fixing it off by transforming into the key abroad player to win the head affiliation's splendid boot is a show of his quality. Nevertheless, what has along these lines gone subtle due to his capacity, is his tendency to move his approach.
Poachers, target men and versatile strikers are a piece of the strikers in football and Mbella's characteristics uncover he has portions of all. Not the least bit like various advances in the top division, his blast of speed and extraordinary specific limit means he can float around the field and add to play, other than scoring.
A striker with this style yells a burden on defenders as they are by and large gotten between following him into significant positions or holding their line.
A substantial model
Kotoko versus Accra Lions. Enough drops past the Lions' midfield line to get, spreads play to Dickson Afoakwa before pursuing the case with a late run. He nearly profits by a return of Afoakwa's work.
In Kotoko's away win to WAFA where he scored the game's simply unbiased, the striker steadily jumped up in different locales of Kotoko's forward lines to associate play and contribute. He set up Mfegue in one of those events.
He's moved aside and plays a first-time pass to Miguel
Miguel is played in any way and can't deal with the ball
Nonetheless, there is more space for Etouga to deal with this piece of his craft.
Balance
Elite turn of events and getting into extraordinary positions are only half of the essentials to score goals and perhaps also high up the overview of necessities is practicality. The Ghana Premier League is littered week in, week out with strikers missing from point-clear ranges, yet only occasionally is Etouga caught at such critical points in time.
A substantial model
WAFA has held Kotoko and held the Porcupines back from scoring till Andrews Appau gets a lost WAFA pass in midfield. With a single pass, Mbella is through on objective, immovably followed by a rushed WAFA defender at this point the Cameroonian stays generally even-headed and stays aware of his balance preceding plunking down the goalkeeper and opening into an empty net.
Deadeye marksmanship
Relatively few strikers in the Ghana Premier League can profit from low-scoring prospects, and anyway, undeniable level data estimations are non-existent for the pervasiveness, Etouga's goal reel makes a show off a few targets from fantastical conditions.
His ability to hit unexpected and score from for all intents and purposes from nothing has continued to win Kotoko huge concentrations as well as add to his goal count.
A legitimate model
Baba Yara versus Accra Lions and Kotoko's Mohammed Sheriff have eased up a Porcupine corner plan. The ball falls kindhearted to Mbella in any case, who has a Lions' protect on his tail. Regardless, the Cameroonian's resulting contact takes out the defender, getting himself space before ending low at the primary post.
The goalkeeper should improve as he is beaten, but Mbella merits acknowledgement for making the most out of a non-scoring situation.
There are around six games for the season to end and Kotoko is encompassing the title, but a troublesome Aduana Stars have branched out to Baba Yara and are expecting to contribute extra exertion on a particular party. A little ways from the essential half consummation and Kotoko are on a break.
Miguel holds up the play wonderfully preceding playing a contrary pass to Mbella. The ball is being tested by two Aduana Stars defenders, Etouga is unperturbed notwithstanding and rifles the first-time discharge from almost 20 yards, sending Kotoko into the break with the lead.
Disciplines
On the way to winning the splendid boot, the Kotoko forward has made mincemeat from the discipline spot, changing over different times, and anyway, he twice missed from the spot in Kotoko's draw-in to Aduana, the forward has been clinical.
Even more, incredibly isn't his change rate in any case, yet the way that he changes over. In everything aside from one of his six disciplines, the 20-year-old has sent the goalkeeper the erroneous way in four of them, while leaving goalkeepers locked on two separate occasions.
He's eaten off disciplines this season and been Kotoko's go-to man from the 18-yard spot.
Space for improvement?
Kotoko has been imperious and definitely will not have beaten the competition for this season's title without the Cameroonian. In short-lived, he has continued to end up being possibly one of the best names to anytime wear the red shirt and no matter what his qualities there's more in his capacity he doesn't know anything about.
On account of his irritating speed, the striker rarely plays with his back to the objective and as he continues to make and gets revealed, gatherings can cultivate systems to confine the space he needs to play. Thusly, Etouga ought to step up possibly and cultivate the speciality of playing with his back to the objective.
In Kotoko's delegated festivity match win at home to Elmina Sharks, the forward forgot to score anyway and set up Mfegue to inflict damage, teeing up his brother after extraordinary burglary play and as he makes, it is a locale he ought to improve.
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